Saturday, July 24, 2010 Volume 82, Number 2 Daily Bulletin

82nd North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler

ACBL Charity Foundation President Georgia Heth, second Floridians lead in from left, and Shirley Seals, foundation treasurer, pose LM Pairs with Ron Gonzales, left, of Lee Atkinson and Mark Yaeger of Hollywood the New Orleans Mission, and Dean Howard of the Louisiana FL take a slim lead into the second day of play in Society for the Prevention of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. Cruelty to Animals. Gonzales Their score of 1229.68 was about 4.5 and Howard were presented matchpoints clear of the and Sandra with $5000 checks from the Penfold of Nottingham, England. Eight matchpoints foundation. See page 5. behind them are David Yang of Chicago and Dan Jacob of Vancouver BC. There were 157 tables in the field at the start, reduced to 78 for today. The event concludes on Sunday. South Carolina woman wins Tennessee pair ahead in Bruce LM ABTA best teacher award Sandra Nott of Memphis and Clair Berry of Germantown, a Memphis suburb, forged a lead of Tina Radding, described by friends and award for the intermediate player category went to less than a matchpoint after the first two qualifying students as a tireless worker for bridge, has been Eddie Kantar for Take All Your Chances at Bridge. sessions of the Bruce 0-5000 Life Master Pairs. selected as the first recipient of the American The Software of the Year Award was given to Their score of 493.05 was just ahead of the 492.07 Bridge Teachers Association continued on page 4 posted by Californians Grant Robinson of Orinda Teacher of the Year award. and Teresa Boyd of Lafayette. The presentation to The event started with 75 tables, reduced to 39 Radding, of Charleston SC, was for today’s semifinal sessions. The event concludes one of two ABTA functions at on Sunday. the Summer NABC in New Orleans. At the other, the ABTA – a professional organization Texans tops in Young LM Mitch Towner and Robert Whitcher of of bridge teachers from Austin TX took the lead after the opening two Canada, Mexico and the U.S. qualifying session of the Young 0-1500 Life Master – announced various awards, Pairs. They posted a total score of 185.64, 6.67 including two for books and matchpoints clear of Dexter Senft of Bedford NY another for software. and S. Leech of Pasadena CA. Eleanor O’Connor The ABTA Book of the and Richard Hurd of Trumansburg NY are third Year Award is given for going into the second day of the three-day event. two categories: beginners and intermediate players. The winners in the beginner GNT: semifinal matchups category were Four squads remain in each of the four Grand and for their National Team flights. collaboration on Planning the In the Morehead Championship Flight, Doug Play of a Bridge Hand. The Teacher of the Year Tina Radding, third from right, with some of Simson’s District 11 squad will face Dan Morse’s her students. District 16 team, as Jill Meyers of District 23 battles John Onstott of District 10. WBF president invites all to In the Goldman Flight A, District 4, led by Elliot Shalita, will play District 11, captained by William Higgins. In the other bracket, Lance Shull Philadelphia championships and his District 7 foursome will take on the District President Jose Oct. 1 through Oct. 16. It will be the first world 17 squad led by Dom DiFelice. Damiani, stepping down later this year after 16 championship on American soil since the 1994 The Sheinwold Flight B matchups feature Paul years at the helm, visited the Summer NABC tournament in Albuquerque NM. Chan’s District 15 team against John Adams’s in part to make sure that the final world bridge It was in 1994 that Damiani was elected District 22 lineup, while Ryan Connors from championship under his direction is a big success. president of the WBF. During his presidency, the District 24 takes on Eric Hendrickson & Co. of That would be the World Bridge Series WBF was recognized by the International Olympic District 14. Championships, scheduled for Philadelphia Committee (IOC) first as a Recognized Sport The MacNab Flight C contests will see Chris Organization (1995), and then as an International Poulos’s squad from District 20 battle Douglas Federation (1999) which is the last step before Steele of District 8. The District 11 team captained admittance in the Olympic Games. In addition, the by Ryan Schultz plays Stephanie Kung’s District 21 WBF is now a member of the Association of the squad. IOC-Recognized International Sports Federations and the General Association of International Sports Federations. Goodwill Message In 2008, Damiani oversaw the first World Mind Today is Junior Day, Sports Games in Beijing, China, and as president the day we salute and of the International Mind Sports Association is celebrate our younger anticipating the second edition of the Games in players. Encourage these 2012. Bridge is one of the mind sports. players: They are the For now, however, he is concentrating future of ACBL. on Philadelphia and promoting the world 1926-2010 WBF President Jose Damiani, left, with ACBL National Goodwill continued on page 4 President Rich DeMartino. Committee Chairman Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All events will be held in the Marriott Saturday, July 24 12:30-3 pm Happy Bridge. Special game for new players. 14 boards, 8 am-10 pm Hall of Fame interviews. Room: 730. no card fee. Room: Mardi Gras AC. 9 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). First session of 4:30-6:15 pm Meet & Greet for Junior players on BBO, their mentors the ACBL’s popular 10-hour seminar for people interested and other expert players. Put a face to a name with your in learning how to teach bridge Pre-registration required. online partners/mentors. Hosted by and Room: St. Charles. Lynn Deas. Room: Regent. 9 am-Noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. Room: Bonaparte. 5-7 pm Seminar: Teaching Young People Bridge. If you’re 9:30 am-Noon ACBL Laws Commission meeting. Room: Regent. teaching bridge to young people now (or just thinking about 9:45 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Jerry Helms. Helms, well- it), this seminar will help you focus on goals, format, course known teacher and Bridge Bulletin columnist, presents materials and successful practices. Join Julie Greenberg, a fun bridge lesson for intermediate and newer players. ACBL’s Director of Education, and Dana Norton, ACBL’s Room: Mardi Gras EH. School Programs Coordinator, for an interesting continuing 10:30 am-Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee meeting. Room: Bacchus. education opportunity. You won’t want to miss it. Room: 12:30-3 pm Bridge Plus+. Special game for new players. 14 boards, no Bonaparte. card fee. Room: Mardi Gras AC. 11 pm-1 am ACBL Patron Member Reception. Room: President 6-7 pm Intermediate/Newcomer Reception. New players are DeMartino’s suite. invited to attend. Room: Mardi Gras EH. 11:30 pm-1 am Women’s Team Trials meeting. Room: Regent. 4:30-6 pm Junior Reception. All Junior players are invited to attend. Room: St. Charles. Monday, July 26 9 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Third session. Sunday, July 25 Pre-registration required. Room: St. Charles. 8 am-10 pm Hall of Fame interviews. Room: 730. 10-11 am Coffee with Carol / ACBLscore seminar. A meeting for 9 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Second session. club officials. Come find out what’s new in other clubs. Pre-registration required. Room: St. Charles. Network with other club officials from across ACBL. 10 am-noon Breakfast with the Stars. Join Rose Meltzer as she hosts Room: Bonaparte. the popular Breakfast with the Stars, where attendees can 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. meet and chat with superstars of the game over a terrific Room: Bacchus. breakfast. $25 per person. Room: River View in the Marriott 11 am-Noon Open Team Trials meeting. Room: Regent. (41st floor). 11 am-Noon Marketing Matters — Live! ACBL’s Marketing Director 10 am-Noon of Governors/ACBL Membership Meeting. This Vicki Campbell will host a program for those interested meeting is open to all members. Discussion will include in marketing their clubs, bridge lessons, tournaments, etc. recent actions of the ACBL Board of Directors, reports from Room: Bonaparte. the CEO and treasurer, and new proposals from the Board 11 am-Noon Get Online with BridgeBase.com. Don’t miss this of Governors. Room: Acadia. opportunity to meet with , creator of the 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Barbara Seagram. Seagram, ACBL’s Learn to Play Bridge program. Get a guided tour one of ACBL’s well-known teachers and Bridge Bulletin of the Bridge Base Online web site and its outstanding columnist, presents a fun bridge lesson for intermediate and teaching features. Room: Lafayette. newer players. Room: Mardi Gras EH. 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Room: Riverview. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Don’t miss these free lectures at the New Orleans NABC.

Saturday, July 24 Monday, July 26 9:15 a.m. Frank Stewart Logical Thinking 9:15 a.m. Julian Laderman What are “Inspirational Features”? Sunday, July 25 6:45 p.m. Audrey Grant What To Do With Hands That 9:15 a.m. Takeout Doubles Are Not In The Books! 6:45 p.m. Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns

ENTERTAINMENT / FOOD

Marriott: Hospitality will be in the 3rd Floor Foyer following the evening Sheraton session. Saturday, July 24 Between sessions Trail Mix Saturday, July 24 Late night Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya Sunday, July 25 Between sessions Zapp’s Potato Chips Sunday, July 25 Late night Ice Cream Bars Monday, July 26 Between sessions Candy Bars Monday, July 26 Noon-2 pm Cookies and brownies Late night Red Beans & Rice Bid Box Alerts and Masterpoint disclaimer BBO Meet & Greet Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are Announcements subject to change because of score changes or for Juniors When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that corrections. Valerie Westheimer and Lynn Deas will host players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the a meet and greet for Junior players, their mentors same time. The masterpoint awards as shown are, When making an Announcement, use the therefore, also subject to change. and other experts who play and teach on the Bridge Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap Base Online web site. Put a face to a name! the Alert strip at the same time. When: Sunday, July 25, 4:30-6:15 p.m. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must Where: Regent Room on the fourth floor of the make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or ♠♥♦♣ Marriott. Announcement has been made. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS compliment the declarer. Say, “Nicely On your best behavior played.” By Leslie Shafer If you get a good board because of the opponents’ bad bidding or play, More than half a century ago, bridge was a just score it up and keep your mouth genteel game. Even Miss Manners got into the act shut. The bridge goddess will not give by declaring, “Never you any more gifts if you show you’re double your hostess incapable of receiving them with grace. for penalties.” In If you must gloat, write down in your fact, if you didn’t the letter “G” for gift. know how to play When I was a newcomer, I arrived at bridge, you were the table of the elder Mike Cappelletti considered a social — yes, that Cappelletti. I noticed him pariah. My, how putting a big “F” next to his score from times have changed. the last board. I laughingly asked him if A very charming that stood for “fix” or something else. player at my club, Of course, he just smiled. the late Rossi 3. How to be forgiving: If partner Lindstrom, was the makes a mistake, ask yourself, “What queen of our little bridge arena. After asking about could I have done to prevent this my grandchildren, making appreciative sighs of misunderstanding? How can I make how beautiful they were, she proceeded to, shall this easier for partner?” Instead of we say, bludgeon me with her formidable bridge playing the blame game, try playing skills. She was so sweet, I usually never knew how the it-might-be-my-fault game. If your badly she had beaten me until I saw the scores at lips are actually moving and words are the end of the game. about to escape, those words better be, A competitive sport can bring out the best or “I would’ve done the same thing, pard.” the worst in anyone. In , we need 4. Discussing bad results: If I can the former disposition and must work very hard to get misty-eyed when a contestant wins present our best face at all times. Easier said than a car on The Price is Right, you can done, I know. At a local club, there were times only imagine the humiliation I’d feel if when I was brutalized by a venomous player (I my partner were to ever criticize me in even wanted to nominate some of them to be a front of an opponent. Others are not so member of the Throw Them Off the Bridge Plane sensitive, but it is still important to talk organization). As time passed, my opinions grew about results at the table. Time must less strident and I learned to tolerate their passion pass for you to get better perspective and colorfulness at the table. I was reminded of the and give your partner a chance to get infamous comedian Don Rickles — insulting to his breath back. I suggest you both everyone, but we laughed and enjoyed his strange write notes on the inside of your view of the world. convention card that you can bring up VIP Field Trip Assignment: Barbara So let’s discuss how to handle good or bad after the game is finished, preferably over a nice Seagram is presenting a free bridge workshop on results in a way that won’t upset the victims . . . er, mellowing glass of wine. Sunday, July 25, 10 a.m. - Noon. Barbara is a very other players. 5. Don’t be a result merchant! Sometimes I popular bridge teacher from Ontario. Many of my 1. How to be a nice opponent: Introduce get a bad-looking result and I’m later surprised to students adore her 25 Conventions You Should yourselves and say something nice to your new find out it was duplicated at several tables, earning Know, 25 Ways to Take More Tricks, Practice Your opponents immediately upon arrival. Bend over an average score. Minus 800 always seems Slam Bidding and many more of her books. This backwards to compliment them on their bidding atrocious, but it might actually be a good score if is your chance to meet an author who can make or defense, if warranted. Wish them good luck on the opponents missed a slam. You won’t get the bridge lessons leap off the printed page! Hmmm. departure. results until the game is finished, so why waste An autographed copy of one of her books for your 2. How to be gracious: Compliment your your breath until that defining moment arrives? bridge library at home sounds very impressive. partner every time dummy comes down. Say, Just circle the board number inside your card to “Nice hand, Pard. Thanks!” As appropriate, remind yourself to check on it. Thinking bridge no adverse bidding and West leads a low spade, with four spades, play the ace-king and low to an unbid suit. You would need a very good the 10. If the count tells you that East has four By Eddie Kantar reason not to take the . However, if East spades, pray that West has J-x! How you play certain card combinations has opened 2♠, weak, presumably showing six 6. Avoidance plays: keeping the danger hand depends on certain variables. The first three were spades, you can read the lead as a singleton and off lead. listed in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin on this page. unless you enjoy seeing your good tricks ruffed North Here are the rest. Tomorrow we will see some away, play the ace. ♠A 10 8 6 examples. What about at notrump, where there is no West East 4. The bidding danger of a ? Nine times out of 10, finesse. ? ? The bidding frequently affects the play of a When wouldn’t you? In fact, there are several South particular suit. scenarios where you would be putting your ♠K J 7 4 2 North contract at risk by taking the finesse when taking It might be worth a possible trick (even ♠K J 3 2 the ace is a 100% play to make the contract: 1. several) to make sure a particular opponent — the West East You have enough tricks to make your contract, “danger hand” — does not get the lead. Perhaps ? ? but are wide open in another suit. you have K-x in a suit. The trick to keeping the South 2. You can’t afford to let them in before you set danger hand from getting in is to make sure that ♠A 6 5 4 up another suit for fear of a disastrous shift. hand plays second to the finesse trick, not last. The normal play for four tricks with this 5. The count If West is the danger hand, play the king and holding is to lead the ace and low to the jack Having the count on a suit is a huge plus low to the 10 finessing into East. If East is the needing to find West with Q-x-(x). However, if before attacking a suit. It frequently alters the danger hand, play the ace and low to the jack, the bidding has told you that East must have the in the suit. Here is an example: finessing into West. In both cases the danger hand queen, play the ace and low to the king, hoping North plays second to the trick, the non-danger hand, East has Q-x. ♠Q 10 5 4 last. North West East In summary: Whether you are declarer or ♠A Q J ? ? third hand, before playing to a trick, particularly West East South the first trick, consider the deal as a unit, not just ♠5 ? ♠A K 6 the suit that has been led (a common error partner South The percentage play for four spade tricks is often makes). Do the same later in the play before ♠4 3 2 to play the ace and king and low to the queen. attacking a suit. One of those &^%$ variables Say you are playing a heart contract with However, if the count tells you that West started might apply! Look ahead. Amen. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

ABTA Philadelphia This is the lineup of events: World Mixed Pairs, World Open Knockout Teams (Rosenblum continued from page 1 continued from page 1 Cup), World Women’s Knockout Teams Play and Learn, An Introduction to Bridge (McConnell Cup), World championships, which will be run concurrent with (Lessons 7-13) by Pat Harrington. (Rand Cup), Generali World Open Pairs, Generali a two-week ACBL regional. Both tournaments will Two new ABTA Master Teachers were also World Women’s Pairs, World Senior Pairs (Hiron award WBF . announced at the ceremony: Glenna Shannahan of Trophy) and World Mixed Swiss Teams, a new The venue for the World Bridge Series is the Fitchburg WI and of Dunwoody GA. event. Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. “The playing This is the highest teacher credential awarded by There are concurrent events for players and space is very good,” Damiani says, “and we will the ABTA. teams that fail to qualify for various stages of the also be using room from the convention center, The ABTA Applebasket Award for the best primary events. which is connected to the hotel.” teaching tip of the year was given to Arnold While the world events and ACBL regional The 2010 world championships do not require Fisher of Miller Place NY. Second place went to are in progress, the 13th World Youth Team pre-qualification, and all events are transnational – Denise Hoffman of Marquette MI. Tied for third Championships will take place – the World players are eligible to form pairs and teams without place were Kathy Walsh of Hilton Head SC and Junior Championship (26 and younger for zonal regard to their countries of origin. Pat Harrington with John and Fran Smith of Fort team representatives) and the World Youngsters With the regional going on at the same time, Meyer FL. Championship (up to 21 years of age, for the Jose there will be something for players at every level of The award for the best teacher was created in Damiani Cup). A new series, the World Girls experience in Philadelphia. cooperation with Master Point Press, the world’s Championship (zonal teams 26 and younger for the Besides the host hotel, there are other hotels largest publisher of books on bridge. Gianarrigo Rona Cup) is also scheduled. nearby, including the Courtyard by Marriott, less Radding was nominated by friends who know Detailed information about the events, entries, than half a block from the headquarters hotel, and her at the Bridge Centre in Charleston. One of them conditions of contest and accommodations can be the Hilton Garden Inn, a block and a half away. wrote, “Tina works tirelessly to put teams together found at www.worldbridge.org. for tournaments and coaches them while there. Play will be at the Marriott. She even makes their dinner reservations. She has inspired a whole group of Charlestonians to be the Breakfast with The terrific breakfast is a bargain at next Charles Gorens! She is an enthusiastic teacher $25 per person, and attendees will get who encourages and supports her students. She is the Stars to meet the superstars of the game, such devoted to her students.” as , , David Join Rose Meltzer as she hosts the Wrote another, “The games at the Bridge Berkowitz and Mike Passell. A few tips popular Breakfast with the Stars on Centre have grown by leaps and bounds under from the experts can make a “world class” Tina’s guidance. The Centre was experiencing Sunday, July 25 in the River View Room difference in your game! severe financial strain and now it is booming, at the Marriott (41st floor). thanks to Tina.” Entries Electronic Device Policy All North American championships with no The electronic device policy is revised as must not be visible during the session. Sponsoring upper masterpoint limitation $20 (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play follows: organizations of other ACBL sanctioned events are in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session 1. For all NABC+ rated events at NABCs: encouraged to adopt a similar policy. benefits the International Fund.) Electronic devices, including but not limited to, 3. These restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above Other North American championships $17 phones, cameras, PDAs, and others capable of apply to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play sending or receiving electronic communication are play recorders (except those designated by ACBL) in these events.) excluded from the playing areas during any session and kibitzers and are in force throughout any actual Regional championships $16 for ACBL members, $18 for all others of play. This does not apply to health-related playing session or segment of play. All other events $15 for ACBL members, equipment. 4. A violation of any of the restrictions in $17 for all others. 2. For all events at an NABC other than a numbers 1 and 2 above will result in a disciplinary NABC+ rated event: Except for health related penalty of one full board (12 IMPs at that form Convention card reminder equipment, or by permission of the Director in of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense Each player is required to have a convention Charge of the tournament, cell phones, audible will result in disqualification from the event for the card filled out legibly and on the table throughout pagers or similar equipment may not be operated pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be a session. Both cards of a partnership must be or operable in any manner in the playing area removed from the playing area for the remainder of identical and include the first and last names of during a session of play. Any such equipment the session. each member of the partnership. If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Yellow Card and Monitoring may use only standard carding. This restriction At this and future North American may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent Today Only! Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ round after convention cards have been properly The ACBL Bridge Museum prepared and approved by the director. Further, the and Archive is looking for events with visible, real-time cameras. The images partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint members who want to share will be recorded and will be available for later penalty for each board played, commencing with memories and stories about official inspection and review. the next round and continuing until the restriction bridge experiences with the By general monitoring of the session and is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at greats of the game. All interviews participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source the discretion of the director. will be videotaped. of information that may be useful in determining If the director determines the partnership has at Interested parties are invited facts and settling issues arising from some types of least one substantially completed convention card to come to Room 730 in the but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please River Tower (Marriott) any the director may give warnings or assign such summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. time between 10 am and 8 pm penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the This procedure is intended to assure everyone (Saturday, June 24). circumstances. that the playing field is level and that misbehavior The objective of these warnings and penalties will not be tolerated. is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations.

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At yesterday’s reception for Charity Foundation helps teachers and club officials, A pair of worthy causes hosts Carol Robertson, ACBL’s Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans five director of clubs and member services, and Julie Greenberg, years ago, there were 6000 homeless people in the ACBL’s director of education, city. The number doubled after Katrina devastated welcomed teachers and club the city, and today it stands at 19,000. managers/owners from across Before Katrina, the New Orleans Mission the ACBL. – the city’s largest private service provider for Among the attendees were the homeless – had a staff of 28. The hurricane Linda Golumbia of West destroyed the Mission’s offices, and today it has Bloomfield MI, Robertson, only five staff members in the partially rebuilt Carol Griffin of Walnut Creek facility. “We run it with volunteers,” said Executive CA and Greenberg. Director Ron Gonzales. “We couldn’t do it without them.” Faced with such a daunting reality, Gonzales was more than happy to accept a $5000 check from the ACBL Charity Foundation presented by foundation President Georgia Heth and Treasurer The NABC Insider Shirley Seals Friday night at the Marriott. The music has stopped on the game of musical AMG took almost an hour off from being the Heth explained that the donation represented hotels and there should be a reason, if not a rhyme, stanchion queen to contribute a bit of AMGing grants over and above the normal Charity for where you will be playing for the rest of the to show the AMGII people how it was done. The Foundation grant to the district. tournament. The Insider had to pitch in yesterday Insider noticed fewer players getting their hugs as the card tables migrated from the Sheraton to and some that maintained several feet of “personal Gonzales said the money will provide food the Marriott while most of you were having dinner. space” in response to the obvious evidence of and shelter for 1000 homeless men and women, Most everything was set and ready for play at 7:30 physical exertion she exhibited. We expect her to plus case management for those who are interested. thanks to the herculean efforts of the services crew, be back at full strength today. If you wish to make a donation, you can do the directors and the staff at both hotels. Think The S.C. returned from his five-day so by visiting the Mission’s web site at www. about it: The third floor was full of HUD people disappearance. He has set up a command center neworleansmission.org. at noon, with rooms set with a whole lot of chairs, on the 59th floor complete with a hot line directly A second check for $5000 was presented computers, video screens and stages and by 7:32 to Jim Cantore. He’ll be combating his own to Dean Howard, development director for the there were more than 400 tables set for bridge there tropical depression with a bottle of single malt Louisiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to — with tables that were in play at the Sheraton at and the able assistance of three of the ladies from Animals. He said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 4:30. Thank you Martin, Tom, David, Ken, Rick, Dixie Divas. (The S.C. notified his friends at Peter, Wendy and everyone else who pitched in, Rick’s that it is just too hot to expect his limo to has caused many families in the coastal parishes to sweated and got the job done. make the trip to Bourbon Street when DDs is just relinquish their pets because, with no income, they Speaking of Wendy, since she got tired moving around the corner.) The Insider has been getting can’t afford to keep them. tables, packing and unpacking bid boxes and hourly updates from Diva No. 2 as she tracks the Last year, Howard said, in St. Bernard Parish moving all the other stuff from 500 to 555 Canal advancing storm and the advances of the S.C. So there were 17 owner-relinquished pets. In the past Street, it took at least eight directors to perform the far, both seem to be losing strength. two months, there have been 170. Ask Me Girl’s tasks yesterday. And, the original The Louisiana SPCA will use the Charity Foundation money to fund the Gulf Coast Companion Animal Relief Program, which will TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE provide families with free veterinary care and MOREHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT free pet food so that they can keep their pets. 16 Tables The hardest-hit parishes, he said, are St. Bernard, John Onstott, New Orleans LA; David Siebert - , Little Rock AR; Iype Koshy, Gretna LA Plaquemines, Jefferson and Terrebonne. vs Donations to the Louisiana SPCA can be made Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Walter Schafer Jr, Covina CA; Ed Davis, at www.la-spca.org. Seal Beach CA

Notice to players Douglas Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN Each player must have an ACBL convention vs card filled out and on the table. Please note that Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel - Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Hemant Lall - , Dallas TX; other types of convention cards, such as the WBF Nagy Kamel, Plano TX convention card or homemade cards that do not GOLDMAN FLIGHT A sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, 16 Tables are not acceptable substitutes. Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA; Howard Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA; Richard Olanoff, de Witt NY; Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE vs Dana’s lucky dad William Higgins - Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN; Dana Berkowitz, 25-year-old law student and Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Siraj Haji, Columbus OH daughter of David and Lisa Berkowitz, showed some talent as a raconteur at the Bridge Hall of Lance Shull - Audrey Ventura - Jon Rice - Doug Dey, Raleigh NC Fame Induction banquet for her dad. vs Dana was called upon to introduce Larry Dom Di Felice - Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Brandon Sheumaker, Garden Cohen, her father’s now-retired former partner who Grove CA; Harley Bress, Golden CO was doing the honors as presenter for David. SHEINWOLD FLIGHT B Describing her last visit to New Orleans 10 16 Tables years ago – okay, the Summer NABC a decade ago Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN; was in Anaheim, but who’s counting? – Dana said Andrew Caranicas, St Paul MN she and her brother Michael were playing in the vs 0-5 game, mainly because “we weren’t allowed to Ryan Connors - Maria Tsoukalas - Randi Adelman - Stephannie Russo, New York NY go to the pool by ourselves or go out of the hotel by Paul Chan - Lily Chan - Mark De Garcia, Columbia MO; Gregory Barnes, Jefferson City MO ourselves.” vs Dana said she and Michael didn’t play many John Adams - James Andrews, San Diego CA; Michael Weber, Jamul CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA conventions – perhaps Stayman – but they did put their names on their convention cards. MACNAB FLIGHT C In the last round of their game, they played 16 Tables against two women. Douglas Steele, Seymour IL; Mu Zhang, Urbana IL; James Slaughter, Champaign IL; John Maloney, One of them picked up Dana’s convention Mahomet IL card, saw the name and just had to know if she and vs Michael were related to David Berkowitz. Chris Poulos - Magid Shirzadegan, Eugene OR; Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR; Anoush Shirzadegan, When they acknowledged that their dad is one Portland OR and the same, one of the women said, “Oh, he’s so Ryan Schultz - David Camillus, Dayton OH; Ambrish Bansal, West Chester OH; D. Thomas Terwilliger, famous – and he’s so lucky!” Cincinnati OH “Lucky?” inquired Dana. vs “Yes – he gets to play with !” Stephanie Kung, Berkeley CA; Chris Chung - Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA Page 6 Daily Bulletin

QUALIFIERS IN THE VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 157 Tables 1 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 1229.68 79 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Morella Pacheco, Pompano Beach FL 1052.60 2 Brian Senior - Sandra Penfold, Nottingham England 1225.12 80 Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 1051.08 3 David Yang, Chicago IL; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 1217.52 81/82 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 1050.32 4 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; , Bloomington NY 1215.24 81/82 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 1050.32 5 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 1209.28 83 Rajeswaran Rajkumar - Prahalad Rajkumar, Germantown MD 1048.83 6 , New York NY; , Tampa FL 1202.32 84 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Thomas Clark, Austin TX 1048.04 7 Glen Holman, Capetown South Africa; Tim Cope, Capetown South Africa 1196.18 85 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 1045.76 8/9 Joaopaulo Campos - Miguel Villasboas, Sao Paulo Brazil 1185.60 86 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ 1044.57 8/9 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; , New York NY 1185.60 87/89 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 1044.24 10 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 1178.00 87/89 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 1044.24 11 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 1175.72 87/89 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD 1044.24 12 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; , Dallas TX 1174.96 90 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam Netherlands 1043.48 13 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Mark Teaford, Seal Beach CA 1171.16 91/92 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 1041.96 14 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 1169.64 91/92 Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 1041.96 15 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 1167.60 93 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 1038.16 16 Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 1167.36 94 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 1037.93 17 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 1162.93 95 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Norman Bolton, Beverly Hills MI 1035.86 18 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 1162.80 96 - R Jay Becker, New York NY 1034.36 19 Joaquin Pacareu - Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chad 1162.04 97 Peter Matthews Jr, Roslindale MA; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 1033.49 20 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA 1160.07 98 Aaron Silverstein - Scott Levine, New York NY 1032.67 21 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 1156.45 99/100 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Robert White, Raleigh NC 1031.32 22 Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 1153.68 99/100 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 1031.32 23 Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 1152.16 101/102 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 1027.52 24 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 1143.80 101/102 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 1027.52 25 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 1143.04 103 , Singer Island FL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 1026.76 26 David Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 1141.52 104 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL 1026.18 27 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 1140.93 105 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 1025.24 28 Jan Martel - Chip Martel, Davis CA 1138.48 106 Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 1024.33 29 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 1136.96 107 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 1022.96 30/31 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 1135.44 108 Chi-Yen Lai, East Brunswick NJ; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA 1022.20 30/31 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 1135.44 109 Brady Richter, Summit NJ; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 1021.44 32 Paul Munafo - Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 1134.64 110/111 Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 1019.92 33 Tom Townsend, London W9 1sd England; , London England 1133.92 110/111 Maureen O’Rourke - Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX 1019.92 34 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; , Gaithersburg MD 1129.36 112/113 James Parker, Hollywood FL; Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Gdns FL 1019.16 35 Michal Kopecky, Czech Republic; Milan Macura, Czech Republic 1127.84 112/113 James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 1019.16 36 Charles Durrin III, Madison AL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 1124.80 114 , New Rochelle NY; , Cambridge MA 1018.43 37 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 1123.18 115 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 1018.40 38 , New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 1121.76 116 McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 1017.64 39 Craig Gower - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 1115.51 117/118 , Seattle WA; , Taby Sweden 1016.12 40 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Guido Ferraro, Torino Italy 1114.16 117/118 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, Brooklyn NY 1016.12 41 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 1108.08 119 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ 1015.93 42 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA 1105.04 120 Richard Chin - John Paxton, Bozeman MT 1015.82 43 Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 1099.62 121 Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 1015.67 44 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA 1098.85 122 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 1015.36 45 , Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 1097.83 123 Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Stockholm Sweden; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 1014.62 46 Jeff Mandell, Northfield IL; Jon Sorkin, Deerfield IL 1096.68 124/126 Frank Ayer - Hash Mohamed, Calgary AB 1014.60 47 Timothy Joder, Lanesboro MA; Fred Woodruff, Ponchatoula LA 1095.16 124/126 Abby Myerson - Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 1014.60 48 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 1094.66 124/126 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI 1014.60 49 Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 1092.88 127 Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 1013.84 50 Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India 1086.80 128 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 1012.40 51 Kenneth Bland - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 1086.04 129 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; , New Rochelle NY 1012.32 52 James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 1085.64 130 Joe Gottler, Elberta AL; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 1010.80 53 Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 1084.52 131/132 Marilyn Maddox - Myles Maddox, Pleasant Ridge MI 1010.04 54 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 1083.36 131/132 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 1010.04 55 John Maki, Bothell WA; William O’Brien, Mountlake Terr WA 1082.24 133 Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 1007.03 56 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; David Becher, Peabody MA 1081.39 134 Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 1007.00 57 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 1079.96 135 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 1006.24 58 Javier Graupera - Juan Pont, Barcelona Spain 1079.20 136/138 - , Memphis TN 1000.92 59/60 Paul Bethe - David Moss, New York NY 1074.64 136/138 Rick Roeder, San Diego CA; Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 1000.92 59/60 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 1074.64 136/138 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA 1000.92 61 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 1074.36 139 Curtis Carpenter, Birmingham AL; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 999.40 62 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 1073.88 140 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 997.88 63/64 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 1072.36 141 , Charlottenlund Denmark; , Hockenh Germany 997.12 63/64 Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA 1072.36 142 Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 995.22 65 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 1071.60 143 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 994.08 66 Jon Bartlett - David Brower, Portland OR 1070.86 144 Hank Gagnon, Newberg OR; John Lusky, Portland OR 993.32 67 Ronald Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 1069.32 145/147 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 991.04 68 John Strauch, San Diego CA; John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 1068.60 145/147 Howard Piltch - Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 991.04 69 Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 1066.46 145/147 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 991.04 70 John Laufer, Toronto ON; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 1066.28 148 Trygve Undem - Marianne Harding, Lyngal Netherlands 990.28 71 Judith Bianco, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 1066.10 149/150 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spykenisse Netherlands 988.76 72 Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 1064.76 149/150 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 988.76 73/74 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; John Swanson, Lancaster CA 1060.96 151 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; , Pleasantville NY 979.64 73/74 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Frank Pancoe, Glen Ellyn IL 1060.96 152 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 976.60 75 Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 1060.20 153 Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX; John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 972.04 76 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 1057.92 154 Bruce Culmer, Washington DC; Stephen Swearingen, Arlington VA 965.96 77 Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 1057.16 155 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 961.40 78 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 1054.88 156 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 960.64 Daily Bulletin Page 7

New Orleans Definitions

79 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Morella Pacheco, Pompano Beach FL 1052.60 · Banquette: Sidewalk. of music that’s been an American favorite since band on the street while swinging a handkerchief in 80 Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 1051.08 · Bayou: Choctaw for “small stream.” It’s a the Jazz Age of the ‘20s. Jazz mixes African and a circle over their heads. These second‑liners also 81/82 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 1050.32 creek with a slow current, flowing from a river or Creole rhythms with European styles. Surprisingly, have a special shuffle step or dance they do when 81/82 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 1050.32 lowland lake, often through swamp areas, usually the Irish, Germans, and Italians contributed the following the band. This is called “secondlining.” 83 Rajeswaran Rajkumar - Prahalad Rajkumar, Germantown MD 1048.83 in a delta region. Among its many nicknames, brass bands. · Streetcar: New Orleans’ name for the world’s 84 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Thomas Clark, Austin TX 1048.04 85 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 1045.76 Louisiana is called “The Bayou State” for its · Krewe: Members of a carnival organization, oldest continuously operating electric street 86 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ 1044.57 beautiful wetland regions. as in Krewe of Rex. A variation of “crew,” the word railway. In 1835, a steam engine train ran from 87/89 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 1044.24 · Cajun: Nickname for Acadians, the was invented by 19th‑century New Orleanians, the Vieux Carré along St. Charles to the outlying 87/89 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 1044.24 French‑speaking people who migrated to Louisiana who privately bankrolled the balls and parades (as town of Carrollton (now the Uptown Riverbend 87/89 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD 1044.24 from Nova Scotia, starting in 1755. is still the case). area). In the 1860s, the route became a horseand 90 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam Netherlands 1043.48 · Cities of the Dead: New Orleans cemeteries. · Lagniappe (lan‑yap): A little something extra. mule‑drawn line, and went electric in 1893. Today, 91/92 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 1041.96 91/92 Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 1041.96 Because of the high water table, we spend the A free coffee or dessert or a few extra ounces of over 20,000 peo ple a day ride to work and play 93 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 1038.16 afterlife buried above ground instead of six feet boudin put the “bons” in “bons temps.” aboard 35 original electric cars (available for 94 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 1037.93 under it. Elaborate monuments cluster together like · Laissez les bons temps rouler! (less‑say lay private parties), all named to the National Register 95 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Norman Bolton, Beverly Hills MI 1035.86 small communities. bon tonh roo‑lay): Let the good times roll. of Historic Places. You can get to a historic place 96 Chris Willenken - R Jay Becker, New York NY 1034.36 · Directions: There is no West, East, North, · Makin’ groceries: Shopping for groceries. riding in a historic place. Only in New Orleans. 97 Peter Matthews Jr, Roslindale MA; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 1033.49 or South in New Orleans. We head uptown, What you do before whipping up some gumbo. · Street Names: We’ve got some strange 98 Aaron Silverstein - Scott Levine, New York NY 1032.67 99/100 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Robert White, Raleigh NC 1031.32 downtown, lakeside and riverside. And anywhere · Neutral ground: When the Americans arrived pronunciation. A sample: 99/100 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 1031.32 the music is. in New Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase · Burgundy (bur‑gun‑dee) 101/102 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 1027.52 · Fais‑do‑do (fay‑doe‑doe): It means, “Put the of 1803, Europeans and Creoles who inhabited · Conti (con‑tie) 101/102 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 1027.52 kids to sleep.” And party hearty. In the old days, the French Quarter (then, the entire city of New · Calliope (kal‑ee‑ope) 103 Gavin Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 1026.76 when Cajuns would celebrate, they brought the Orleans) considered them unwelcome interlopers. · Melpomene (mel‑puh‑meen) 104 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL 1026.18 kids with their blankies so the little ones could So the immigrants settled across Canal Street and · Tchoupitoulas (chop‑ih‑too‑liss) 105 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 1025.24 106 Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 1024.33 snooze while adults would eat, drink, and dance established what is now the Central Business and · Clio (clee‑oh) but often completely misread 107 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 1022.96 their way through the night. Arts District. Canal Street became as C‑L 10. Honest. 108 Chi-Yen Lai, East Brunswick NJ; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA 1022.20 · Faubourg (foe‑burg): As in “Faubourg the “neutral ground” in the clash of cultures. · Swamp: A low, marshy wetland, heavily 109 Brady Richter, Summit NJ; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 1021.44 Marigny.” Originally suburbs, they are now Ever since, New Orleans has been a city sans forested and subject to seasonal flooding. 110/111 Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 1019.92 neighborhoods near the French Quarter. (The Vieux medians. Here, we have only neutral grounds. In · Vieux Carré (vyeuh kah‑ray): Literally, “Old 110/111 Maureen O’Rourke - Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX 1019.92 Carré once defined the entire city of New Orleans.) case you’re wondering, cars parked on the raised Square” or “Old Quarter,” it refers to the French 112/113 James Parker, Hollywood FL; Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Gdns FL 1019.16 112/113 James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 1019.16 · Gris‑gris (gree‑gree): “X” marks the spot. neutral grounds mean only two things: nearby Quarter. Before it was “Old,” “French,” or a 114 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 1018.43 Voodoo spells, often indicated by Xs, are still parades or a forecast of rain. “Quarter” of any kind, the area was just the 115 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 1018.40 found on tombs like that of legendary voodoo · New Orleans: Pronounced noo aw‑lins or new “Ville,” the entire city of New Orleans. Today, 116 McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 1017.64 queen Marie Laveau. or‑lins or new or‑lee‑yuns, but not new orleens. its 90 city blocks hold about 2,700 European 117/118 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 1016.12 · Gumbo ya‑ya: “Everybody talking at once.” Unless referring to the street or the parish of and Creole‑style buildings, most with a long and 117/118 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, Brooklyn NY 1016.12 · Isleños (iz‑lay‑nyos): Islanders; in this case, or‑leens. Or when you’re singing. Confused yet? fascinating history. 119 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ 1015.93 120 Richard Chin - John Paxton, Bozeman MT 1015.82 Spanish settlers from the Canary · Parish: Equivalent of a county in the other 49 · Voodoo: From voudun, meaning “god,” 121 Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 1015.67 Islands. Since 1799, they’ve been fishermen, states. “spirit,” or “insight” in the Fon language of 122 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 1015.36 trappers, and master boat builders in Louisiana. · Pass a good time: Live it up. Dahomey. Voodoo came from the West African 123 Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Stockholm Sweden; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 1014.62 You can find them downriver, in St. Bernard Parish. · Picayune: Old Spanish coin, 1/8 of a dollar. Yoruba religion via Haiti, where African practices 124/126 Frank Ayer - Hash Mohamed, Calgary AB 1014.60 · Jazz: Louis Armstrong said, “If you gotta ask, Connotes something really small or petty. mingled with the Catholicism of French colonists. 124/126 Abby Myerson - Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 1014.60 you’ll never know.” So much for a definition. As · Pirogue: Shallow canoe used in the bayous. · Yat: A local denizen. Named for the Ninth 124/126 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI 1014.60 127 Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 1013.84 for origin, some say it was a New Orleans barber · Pro bono publico: “For the common good,” Ward greeting, “Where y’at?” 128 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 1012.40 named Buddy Bolden, who in 1891 blew a few motto of Rex, King of Carnival. 129 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 1012.32 hot notes with his cornet and invented a new form · Secondline: The people who follow a brass 130 Joe Gottler, Elberta AL; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 1010.80 131/132 Marilyn Maddox - Myles Maddox, Pleasant Ridge MI 1010.04 131/132 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 1010.04 More from the tournament trail 133 Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 1007.03 Compiled by Barry Rigal 134 Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 1007.00 135 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 1006.24 Here are some more deals from the 2010 Perhaps, but using Blackwood is not a great idea as West North East South 136/138 Richard Oshlag - Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN 1000.92 European Championships at Ostend, Belgium the lead will be coming through East’s ♥K. Nehmert Criado Giampietro Muruaga 136/138 Rick Roeder, San Diego CA; Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 1000.92 Just for laughs I suggested a jump to 4♣, a splinter, hoping Del Ray 136/138 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA 1000.92 partner might be able to bid 4♥. Seems reasonable, Pass Pass 139 Curtis Carpenter, Birmingham AL; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 999.40 By 140 Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 997.88 Attempting to qualify for a world but in this particular case it would be a fit jump. 1NT 2♥ (1) Dbl 3♥ ♦ 141 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenh Germany 997.12 championship is a serious matter, but it can have Okay, let’s bid 4 and see if partner has a heart 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass control. However, Sabine saw a way in which she 142 Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 995.22 its lighter side. Germany’s Sabine Auken tried the 143 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 994.08 might be able to give herself a 50-50 chance of poker player’s equivalent of a bluff on this deal (1) Hearts and a minor. 144 Hank Gagnon, Newberg OR; John Lusky, Portland OR 993.32 making a slam even if partner held only one ace. North led the ♥K and declarer won with the 145/147 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 991.04 from the match against Russia. She jumped to 4♥, ostensibly a splinter in 145/147 Howard Piltch - Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 991.04 Dlr: South ♠ 8 ace and played three rounds of diamonds, disposing hearts. From her point of view the auction then ♠ 145/147 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 991.04 Vul: E-W ♥ A of her losing heart. She ran the 8 to North’s king 148 Trygve Undem - Marianne Harding, Lyngal Netherlands 990.28 developed in an ideal way. and ruffed the return of the ♥Q. ♦ 10 9 7 6 5 2 When South doubled 6♠, do you blame North 149/150 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spykenisse Netherlands 988.76 (North missed a difficult chance here – a 149/150 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 988.76 ♣ Q 10 5 3 2 for leading a diamond? diamond, offering up a ruff and discard, allows 151 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY 979.64 ♠ A 10 9 6 5 3 2 ♠ K Q J 4 Survival Story 152 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 976.60 ♥ 6 5 4 ♥ K 8 3 By Mark Horton South to discard a club. Then if declarer plays a 153 Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX; John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 972.04 ♦ — ♦ A K Q 8 3 Germany made a cracking start in the women’s off dummy, South can go up with the ace 154 Bruce Culmer, Washington DC; Stephen Swearingen, Arlington VA 965.96 and play a heart, which secures trump control.) 155 Elizabeth Jankord - Amit Chakrabarti, Manhattan KS 961.40 ♣ 9 6 4 ♣ J championship, and with all three pairs in good form Why was North forcing declarer to ruff? 156 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 960.64 ♠ 7 it would take some doing to stop them. ♥ Q J 10 9 7 2 Pony Nehmert was one of the few declarers to Pony decided that there was a strong indication survive on this deal from Round 3: ♦ J 4 that trumps were 4-1, so rather than play a spade, Dlr: East ♠ K ♣ A K 8 7 relying on 3-2 trumps and a winning guess in clubs, Vul: Both ♥ K Q 4 3 2 she cashed the top clubs, felling North’s queen. She ♦ J 9 8 7 4 ♣ West North East South continued with the J, and when North discarded, ♣ Q 2 declarer continued with a fourth club, ruffing with Von Arnim Auken ♠ ♠ Q 10 9 4 8 7 6 5 dummy’s ♠5. South could overruff, but there was 1♥ ♥ A 9 ♥ J 10 7 only one more trick for the defense. 2♠ Pass 4♥ 5♥ ♦ Q 5 ♦ A K 2 4♠ failed at the other table, giving Germany 12 5♠ 6♥ 6♠ Dbl ♣ A K J 10 5 ♣ 8 6 4 All Pass ♠ A J 3 2 IMPs. When Daniela von Arnim made a weak ♥ 8 6 5 jump , Auken, confident that her side had ♦ 10 6 3 a comfortable lead but ever hungry for IMPs, ♣ 9 7 3 wondered if there might be a slam. Could partner ♠♥♦♣ have two aces for her weak jump overcall? Page 8 Daily Bulletin

QUALIFIERS IN THE BRUCE 0-5000 LM PAIRS Life Master Milestones 75 Tables 1 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 493.05 2 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 492.07 3 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 487.87 4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 482.91 5 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 477.64 6 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 472.30 7 John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 469.82 8 Shelly Dunietz - Bill Begert, New York NY 466.51 9 Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 462.95 10 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 461.37 11 Kenneth Bergman - Barbara Bergman, Wexford PA 460.10 12/13 Bonnie Melchior - Gerald Koonce, Little Rock AR 457.60 12/13 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 457.60 14 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL 457.30 15 Susan Jackowitz, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Nancy Turner, New York NY 456.34 16 Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 454.19 17 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Tansu Aksu, Orlando FL 450.64 18 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 448.19 19 Jill Burtram - Lisa Mann, Albuquerque NM 447.30 Reanette Frobouck of Vero Beach FL recently 20 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON 446.63 advanced to Grand Life Master, a rank requiring 21 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 444.59 10,000 masterpoints and a win in an NABC+ event. 22 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Douglas Wagner, Birmingham AL 443.16 She won the Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams 23 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 442.55 in 2008. Frobouck is a member of the National 24 Richard Dimond, Warsaw MO; Donald Sloter, Omaha NE 441.93 Charity Committee. She is a frequent contender in 25 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 441.30 the Barry Crane Top 500. 26 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS 438.74 27 Marie Ashton, Portland OR; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 438.19 28 Linda Golumbia - Arthur Golumbia, West Bloomfield MI 438.16 29 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 437.36 30 Lynn Larson - Paul Christ, Traverse City MI 436.28 31 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 434.60 32 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 433.82 33 Maureen Brines - Tracy Brines, Richland WA 432.51 34 Carol Hamilton - James Hamilton, Sarasota FL 431.61 35 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 431.27 36 Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Henry Caspar, Katy TX 430.96 37 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 430.02 38 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 429.60 39 Samantha Nystrom, Port Moody BC; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 429.12 40 Ann Faget, Houston TX; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 428.82 41/42 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 428.76 41/42 Judith Marshall - Sharon Benz, Buffalo NY 428.76 43/44 Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 428.45 43/44 Theresa Andino, Tallahassee FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 428.45 45 Bette Strauch, San Diego CA; Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 427.19 46 Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 426.57 is a Grand Life Master 47 John Richardson - Charles Cook, Montgomery AL 425.31 and a full-time player who has moved past the 48 Lynne Logan - Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS 425.29 30,000-masterpoint plateau. He has won 12 49 Carolyn Pinto, Fort Worth TX; Pat McMullin, Houston TX 424.71 NABC+ events. Hampson is a WBF World Life 50 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 423.70 Master. He was on the winning Transnational Team 51 Adair Gellman - Vincent Bartone, Ashburn VA 423.51 in Paris and has other high finishes in world play. 52 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 423.31 Hampson is originally from Canada and now lives 53 Maritha Pottenger - William Grant, San Diego CA 422.96 in Las Vegas NV. 54 Fay Teal, Kitchener ON; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 422.60 55 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 422.49 56 William Riley - Nancy Riley, Silver Lake OH 421.87 57 Larry Weatherholt, Shawnee Mission KS; Gary Morrison, Westminster CO 421.26 58 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 419.94 59 Todd Fisher - George Goewey, Chicago IL 419.67 60 K Boagni Jr - Lois Boagni, Opelousas LA 419.05 61 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 417.85 62 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA 417.43 63 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 416.91 64 Libushe Zaporozec - Frank Schatzley, Madison WI 415.44 65 Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL; Keith White, Jacksonville FL 414.53 66 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 414.03 67 Marc Rabinowitz, Sunny Isles Bch FL; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 413.91 68 Mark Starr, Brookline MA; Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL 412.58 69 David Amsterdam, Wayne PA; Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA 412.33 70 Matt Cory - Penelope Millar, Indianapolis IN 412.13 71 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 410.21 72 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 410.10 73 Janie Moser - David Rogers, Pinehurst NC 409.49 74 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 409.39 75 Robin Brown, Dobbs Ferry NY; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY 406.51 76 Marilyn LaFleur - Timothy Frick, Tulsa OK 400.24 77 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Frank Asbury, Valdosta GA 399.93 78 Sidney Golub, West Palm Beach FL; Sellers McKee, Jupiter FL 398.05 Mark Lair of Canyon TX has earned 55,000 masterpoints and ranks as the sixth all-time ACBL masterpoint holder. He is a full-time player and a member of the ACBL Hall of Fame. Lair has earned 21 NABC+ titles. In world play, he holds a World International Master ranking. ♠♥♦♣ Daily Bulletin Page 9

QUALIFIERS IN THE YOUNG 0-1500 LM PAIRS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 1 29 Tables 8 Tables John Russell, North Barringto IL; Margo Sinclair - Susan 1 Mitch Towner - Robert Whitcher, Austin TX 185.64 Schnelwar - Jesus Arias, New York NY; , Stony 2 Dexter Senft, Bedford NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 178.97 Brook NY 3 Eleanor O’Connor - Richard Hurd, Trumansburg NY 174.52 vs 4 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 174.29 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; James Bush, New Orleans LA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 5 Oyvind Tafjord - Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 171.24 6 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 168.67 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 2 7 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 167.50 7 Tables Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Tania Reyes 8 Charles Ensor - Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX 167.38 Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; John Gropp, Newburgh NY 9 Paula Justice - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 165.86 vs 10 Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA; Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA 165.04 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Will 11 Eric Schulz - Mary Skavaril, Reynoldsburg OH 164.81 Engel, Freeport IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 12 Spencer Sun, Las Vegas NV; Michael Lentz, Baltimore MD 164.46 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 3 13 Jane Formet, Orlando FL; Eberhard Jehle, Charlottesville VA 163.40 6 Tables 14 Lelvin Crowe - Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 162.82 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Tiger King, Houston TX; Greg Resz, 15 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 161.88 Weatherford TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX vs 16 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Norman Cannon, Fort Myers FL 158.72 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON; 17 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL 158.60 Marilyn Goldman - Dick Wilson, Rochester NY 18 Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany 158.25 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 4 19 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; William Heess, Marlborough MA 157.43 8 Tables 20 Stephen Reichek - Ariel Leibovitz, Houston TX 156.61 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Nongyu 21/22 Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Robert Ling, Chattanooga TN 156.50 Li, Sunnyvale CA; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s Republic of 21/22 Carl Merlin - Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA 156.50 China; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON vs 23 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 156.03 Debra Gay Falcon - Michael Falcon, Harvey LA; Lynn John 24 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 155.56 Federico, Kenner LA; Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Daryl 25 Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ; Jane De Montluzin, Kenner LA 155.21 Fisher, Rolla MO 26 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY 154.86 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 5 27 Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA 154.39 8 Tables 28 Laurence Mayer - Steven Goodman, Overland Park KS 153.69 Gloria Holcomb - Jackie Stokes, Pontotoc MS; Charlotte Flaherty, Ecru MS; Donna Hambrick, Saltillo MS 1ST FRIDAY MORNING 20/50 PAIRS vs Tina Montgomery, Oxford MS; Olivia Russell, Jackson MS; 12.0 Tables Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX A B 2.31 1 Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA; Marda Johnson, Metairie LA 61.05% EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 6 1.73 2 1 Nelson Daigle, Metairie LA; Don Wurst, New Orleans LA 59.06% 6 Tables Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON; Ludmila Antonova - Evan Markowitz, 1.30 3 2 Jean Jones, New Orleans LA; Linda Ash, Metairie LA 57.14% New York NY; Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 0.97 4 3 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 56.55% vs 0.73 5 Maryann Joyner - Pat Desforges, Metairie LA 56.35% Chris Kleis, Lyndhurst OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH; Bob Marett, St Simons Is GA; Marguerite Crews, Richmond VA 0.58 6 Lillian Trac, San Rafael CA; Paul March, Wake Village TX 55.62% 0.66 4 Michael Kayes, Long Beach MS; Toni Ladner, Pass Christian MS 55.16% EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 7 0.57 5 Edith Fedoroff - Fe Laughlin, Metairie LA 54.37% 8 Tables Rick Weiss, Reno NV; Margaret White, Downingtown PA; Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los Angeles CA 1ST FRIDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS vs 18.0 Tables Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN; Keith Anderson - A B C Mary Anderson, Rochester MN 3.96 1 Jeff Kallenbach, Adrian MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 69.35% EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 8 3.19 2 1 Beth Todd, New Orleans LA; Pat Mason, Covington LA 68.75% 8 Tables 2.39 3 2 Greg Carey - Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 61.31% John Clayton, Edmond OK; Jane Tubb, Okahoma City OK; 1.79 4 3 Cecilia Tucker, Diamond Head MS; Ruth Stafford, Diamondhead MS 57.14% Patricia Dollarhide - Chuck Dollarhide, Oklahoma City OK vs 1.35 5 4 Ellen Lappa, New Orleans LA; Carolyn McKeough, Kenner LA 56.55% Heather Shane, The Villages FL; Barbara Parke, Richardson TX; 1.01 6 5 Karen Rice, San Jose CA; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 55.65% R Thomas Jr, Patterson GA; Nget Carter, Plano TX 1.90 6 1 Barbara McCann - Shirley Hopes, Diamondhead MS 55.06% 1.43 2 Hope Read, New Orleans LA; Susan Guarisco, Metairie LA 54.46% New Orleans: 1.34 3 Linda Denechaud, Passchristian MS; Dee Eustis, New Orleans LA 54.17% 0.80 4 Jane Meyer, Metairie LA; Joy Eigher, Destrehan LA 50.89% Delectable Tidbits (continued from Issue 1) THURSDAY-FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES · King Cake: These racetrack‑shaped cakes 162.50 Tables / Based on 81 Tables are served only between Twelfth Night (January 6, 19.21 1/2 Audrey Darlington, Lafayette LA 130.77% the Feast of the Three Kings) and Mardi Gras, the 19.21 1/2 Bud Murphy, Lafayette LA 130.77% day before Ash Wednesday. Originally a version 12.35 3 Linda Fox, New Orleans LA 126.60% of French brioche, they are typically decorated 9.47 4/5 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 125.82% in purple, green, and gold sugar. By tradition, 9.47 4/5 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA 125.82% whoever gets the piece with the tiny plastic baby or 6.19 6/7 John Pataki, Mesquite TX 120.51% bean baked inside throws the next party and serves 6.19 6/7 Jon Downing, Solihull 120.51% the next cake. 5.02 8/9 Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 120.10% · Mirliton (MER ‑lih‑tawn or MIL‑lih‑ton): 5.02 8/9 Les Bart, Bradenton FL 120.10% A tropical, pear‑shaped squash. Louisianans love 3.99 10 Howard Parker III, Clements CA 119.09% to stuff them with seafood, meats, and cheese. 7.68 11 Steven Wallis, Tampa FL 117.74% Elsewhere, they’re called vegetable pears, 3.26 12/13 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 117.45% chayotes, chochos, or christophines. 3.26 12/13 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 117.45% · Muffuletta: It’s not a sandwich; it’s a meal 2.84 14/15 Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 117.41% packed into a pizza‑sized Italian bun. The calories 2.84 14/15 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA 117.41% don’t count when you’re having fun: salami, ham, 6.09 16/17 Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo 115.90% and provolone lavished with olive relish. Go to 6.09 16/17 Eric Leong, Oakland CA 115.90% the source: Central Grocery on Decatur Street, 2.38 18/19 Melih Ozdil, New York NY 115.84% an Italian import store where the sandwich was 2.38 18/19 Justine Cushing, New York NY 115.84% invented about a century ago to satisfy hungry Sicilian stevedores on the nearby docks. · Oysters Eating them raw on the half shell still separates the natives from the tourists, the sushi craze notwithstanding. Connoisseurs like to oversee the process, watching as the shells are pried open. Most natives dip them in a sauce made with ketchup, Tabasco, horseradish to taste and a ♠♥♦♣ squeeze of fresh lemon. Page 10 Daily Bulletin

RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 1 WES BUSBY MEMORIAL DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 16 Tables 26.0 Tables Barry Harper, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; A B C Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL; John Russell, North Barringto IL 12.60 1 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 61.84% vs 9.45 2 1 William McCaskill, Richton MS; Marion House, Laurel MS 61.46% Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas 7.09 3 2 Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA; Maryse Hambrick, NV; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Saint-Laurent QC 60.42% Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; , Houston TX; Roger 5.32 4 James O’Neil, Oak Park IL; , Oak Creek WI 59.66% Bates, Mesa AZ 5.32 5/6 3 1 Tilghman Moore, Gretna LA; Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 57.95% James Cayne, New York NY; , Dania FL; Alfredo 3.90 5/6 Charles Bradford Jr - Ed Barnes, Columbus GA 57.95% Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino 3.15 7 Alan Miller - Greg Reich, New York NY 57.67% Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy 3.99 8 4 Dodo Georgevic, Uk England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 57.01% vs 3.15 5 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; David Chinn, Elk Grove CA 56.91% Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Sumit Mukherjee 2.84 6 William Weiss - Roy Boucvalt, New Orleans LA 56.82% - Bhabesh Saha - Subir Majumder - Rana Roy - Amar Nath Banerjee, Rolkata 91 India 3.89 2 Stanley Weiss, Livingston NJ; Vladimir Oudalov, Nutley NJ 55.11% 2.92 3 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 52.18% RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 2 2.19 4 Kenneth C.K. Chuk, Chapel Hill NC; Wilse Manning, Ocean Springs MS 50.95% 16 Tables 2.10 5 Gunhild Alius, Beachwood OH; Ildiko Baxter, Cleveland Hghts OH 49.34% Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Alvin Levy, Commack NY; 1.48 6 Rufus Harris, Jr - Louise Saik, Metairie LA 48.77% George Retek, Montreal QC; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN vs Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; , Singer Island EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SIDE GAME SERIES FL; - Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75014 France; 28.0 Tables , Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk A B C Poland 5.76 1 1 Sigurd Nordvoll - Linda Fox, New Orleans LA 63.78% 4.32 2 2 Jon Downing, Solihull England; John Pataki, Mesquite TX 63.14% James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Will 3.24 3 3 Bud Murphy - Audrey Darlington, Lafayette LA 61.06% Engel, Freeport IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI vs 2.43 4 4 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Victor Mazmanian, Riverside CT 60.42% Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Robert 3.49 5 5 1 Gary Stern, Columbus GA; Jane Clark, Stephenville TX 58.81% Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 1.20 6/7 Joseph Machotka, Chicago IL; Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 58.49% 1.30 6/7 6 Tiger King, Houston TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 58.49% RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 3 2.62 2 Bobbie Gattuso, Gretna LA; Juanita Heidingsfelder, Metairie LA 58.33% 16 Tables Raymond Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA; Bridgett Pitt, 1.96 3 Peter Ahlstedt, Copenhag Denmark; Henrik Rud Pedersen, Brookhaven PA; Constance Sackville - Marilyn Crockett-Marion, Rodovre Denmark 54.01% Vero Beach FL; Lynn Bayman, Valapariso IN 1.29 4/5 Joan Lennox, New Orleans LA; Gaye Wilson, Metairie LA 53.69% vs 1.40 4/5 Harry Ingham, San Marcos TX; Greg Schepens, Austin TX 53.69% Dennis Scholl - Louis Ray - Hy Chansky, Las Vegas NV; Donna 0.98 6 Fay Batt - Helen St Romain, Metairie LA 51.92% Dulet, Ocean NJ

Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Hui 1ST FRIDY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s Republic of China; Yan Wang, 21.0 Tables Scarborough ON; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA A B C vs 4.38 1 1 1 Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA 77.08% Lillian Range, New Orleans LA; Julius Rosenfield, River Ridge 3.29 2 2 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA 65.77% LA; Wayne Merkel, North York ON; Jack Lewis Jr, Luling LA; 2.46 3 3 Donald Soignet - Jeanne Soignet, Metairie LA 63.27% Ronald Berenger, Metairie LA 1.85 4 Jeff Kallenbach, Adrian MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 61.73% RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 4 1.46 5 4 Edee Rumley - Diane Griffiths, Langley BC 61.65% 16 Tables 1.48 6 Louise Forrest, Amite LA; Doris Lavigne, Ponchatoula LA 61.01% Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Robert Tapp, Madisonville KY; Ray 1.09 5 Ellen Lappa, New Orleans LA; Carolyn McKeough, Kenner LA 60.59% Andersen, Newburgh IN; John Wang, Beltsville MD 1.04 6 Royanne Richert, Rancho Mirage CA; David Dodson, Pahoa HI 59.23% vs Cathy Youmans - Dorothy Costa, Knoxville TN; Fay Atkinson - 1.34 2 Darlene Lindner - Gene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 54.17% Frances Beck, Baton Rouge LA 1.01 3 Wilbur Ledman - Melanie Ledman, Panama City Bch FL 50.64% 0.76 4 Sharon Schnayer, Laval QC; Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA 50.60% Mara Tuttle, Lake Mary FL; Kim Wilson - John Reitz, Orlando FL; Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL 1ST FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-5 PAIRS vs 7.0 Tables Thomas Shedlock, Danville IL; Robert Sievers, Mahomet IL; Michael Ring - Daniel Bunde, Urbana IL 0.99 1 Lynne Peterson, Metairie LA; Carolyn Abadie, Kenner LA 67.78% 0.74 2 Barbara Renaudin, Metairie LA; Joanie Hartson, New Orleans LA 65.33% RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 5 0.56 3 Rita Mitts, Marreu LA; Gwen Pablovick, Metarie LA 58.89% 16 Tables 0.42 4 David Martin - Lorraine Martin, Madisonville LA 56.00% James Reese, Maurepas LA; Carolyn Songy, Baton Rouge LA; 0.31 5 Doris Cantor, Hallandale FL; Katsumi Sohma, Metairie LA 55.89% Peggy Allen, Metairie LA; Joan Newchurch, Belle Rose LA vs Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS; Robert Scanland, 1ST FRIDAY AFTERNOON 20/50 PAIRS Arlington TX; Leon Dunning, Fort Worth TX 10.0 Tables A B Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer - Carolyn Campbell, Houston 2.10 1 1 Connie Hester - Stephanie Fogelman, Baton Rouge LA 62.30% TX; Laura Jones, Katy TX 1.58 2 2 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 59.98% vs Robert Wooderson - Sid LeBlanc - Suzanne Wooderson - Mary 1.18 3 3 Gigi Matthews - Kathleen Vogel, Metairie LA 59.26% LeBlanc, Kenner LA 0.89 4 Annie Wright - Gwendolyn Davis, Baton Rouge LA 56.68% 0.66 5 Kim Davis, New Port Beach CA; Jane Buckman, Houston TX 55.95% RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 6 0.58 6 4 Edith Fedoroff - Fe Laughlin, Metairie LA 54.37% 16 Tables John Clayton, Edmond OK; Jane Tubb, Okahoma City OK; FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES Patricia Dollarhide - Chuck Dollarhide, Oklahoma City OK 15.0 Tables vs Donna Gibbs, Corinth TX; Jo Bryan - Melanie Watson, Denton A B C TX; Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX 3.79 1 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 64.39% 3.34 2 1 Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Lily Chew, Kanata ON 59.81% Dan Emmons - Rebecca Wernis, Pasadena CA; Carol Frank, 2.51 3 2 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 58.50% Burbank CA; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA 2.33 4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 57.58% vs 1.96 5 3 Robert Tapp, Madisonville KY; Ray Andersen, Newburgh IN 57.22% Harry Kenny - Peggi Kenny, Marlin TX; Lenora Parrish - Bill Parrish, Woodway TX 1.17 6 Larry Federico, Metairie LA; Idell Adams, Baton Rouge LA 57.01% 1.41 4 Robert McGill - Carol Ann McGill, Orange TX 53.73% RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 7 2.28 5 1 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Marlene Backus, Brookfield WI 53.70% 16 Tables 1.03 6 Bebe Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Carol Pollock, Delray Beach FL 53.20% Pat Dolphin, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Rehms, Villa Park CA; 1.71 2 Harry Ingham, San Marcos TX; Greg Schepens, Austin TX 52.74% Lynn Johnston - Paul Johnston, Laguna Woods CA 1.28 3 Juanita Heidingsfelder - Sarah Pasternack, Metairie LA 51.72% vs Nita Brunett, Ann Arbor MI; Beverly Leclerc, Vadnais Hts MN; 0.96 4 Patricia Lavelle, Houston TX; Delphine Butler, New Orleans LA 46.64% Justin Blanchard - Lynn Blanchard, New York NY 1ST FRIDAY MORNING 0-5 PAIRS Ilana Seror - James Stuart III - Ludmila Antonova - Selma Flash, 7.0 Tables New York NY 0.99 1 Lynne Peterson, Metairie LA; Carolyn Abadie, Kenner LA 63.89% vs M Howard, Benbrook TX; Walter Merritt - James Maniscalco - 0.74 2 Barbara Claiborne - Kathy Ailmore, New Orleans LA 58.56% Barbara Maniscalco, La Quinta CA 0.56 3 Logan Vance - Lyndsay Vance, Versailles KY 58.11% 0.42 4 Clare Stewart - Christini Johnson, New Orleans LA 57.44% 0.31 5 Lorraine Martin - David Martin, Madisonville LA 56.78% Daily Bulletin Page 11

1ST FRIDAY EVENING 300/200/100 PAIRS FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 15.0 Tables BRACKET 1 A B C 12 Tables 3.53 1 1 Ildiko Baxter, Cleveland Hghts OH; Gunhild Alius, Beachwood OH 67.23% Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Marjorie 2.65 2 2 Greg Carey - Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 65.15% Michelin, Laguna Hills CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 1.99 3 3 1 Oosman Bashir - Monika Weber, New Haven CT 63.07% vs 1.49 4 4 2 Bradley Keller, South Lyon MI; C J Jameson, Stanford CA 56.82% Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Atsuko Kurishima - Mariko 1.24 5 5 3 Russel Powers - Katherine Powers, Rockport TX 56.63% Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA 0.89 6 6 Alan Jacobs - Linda Jacobs, Metairie LA 56.44% 0.76 4 Charles Brion - Pat Brion, Edmond OK 53.41% Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Sankar Reddy, Cerritos 1ST FRIDAY EVENING 50/20/5 PAIRS CA 5.0 Tables vs A B Andy Anderson - Curley Anderson - Billy Zerebesky, Saskatoon 1.58 1 Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA; Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA 65.83% SK; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK 1.19 2 Connie Hester - Stephanie Fogleman, Baton Rouge LA 60.83% 0.89 3 1 Logan Vance - Lyndsay Vance, Versailles KY 56.67% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 0.67 4 2 Patricia Dicorte, New Orleans LA; Rachael Plaisance, Metairie LA 55.83% BRACKET 2 0.46 3 Lorraine Martin - David Martin, Madisonville LA 52.50% 16 Tables Cathy Youmans - Dorothy Costa, Knoxville TN; Fay Atkinson - LOUIS FIORELLA STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS Frances Beck, Baton Rouge LA 24.0 Tables / Based on 25 Tables vs A B C William Gregg, Livonia MI; John Drake, Saline MI; Ellen 12.25 1 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 62.45% Silverest, Brighton MI; Ross Richardson, Dexter MI 9.19 2 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; David Hoffner, Smithville NJ 61.45% 8.51 3 1 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 60.77% Gaye Wilson, Metairie LA; Joan Lennox, New Orleans LA; Liz 5.17 4 Peter Szecsi, Pasadena CA; Bernardine Mateer, Monrovia CA 59.63% Stephens, Mentone AL; Fern Herman, Langhorne PA 6.38 5 2 Eva Lefton, Cleveland OH; Caroline Pascoe, Sarasota FL 59.25% 4.79 6 3 1 Steven Jackson, Dana Point CA; Yann Shen, Laguna Niguel CA 59.18% vs 3.17 7 Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 58.37% Linda Angelle - Sally Jones - Suzy Thompson - Lisa Tate, Baton 3.75 4 2 Sabrina Frean, New York NY; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN 58.17% Rouge LA 2.84 5 Jane Dickey - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 55.41% 2.95 6 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM 54.73% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2.50 3 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 52.88% BRACKET 3 1.89 4 Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston TX 52.51% 16 Tables 2.47 5 Gregory Earnest - Annie Burke, Oxford MS 51.30% Charles Curley, Wakefield MA; Nita Brunett, Ann Arbor MI; Beverly Leclerc, Vadnais Hts MN; Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ INTERNATIONAL FUND PAIRS vs 27.0 Tables Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA; Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA; Ed A B C McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA 5.61 1 Sarko Kassabian, Saint-Laurent QC; Hayk Bosnakyan, Montreal QC 65.38% 4.21 2 Linda Fox, New Orleans LA; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA 62.82% Jerrilyn Jones - Karen Lea, Ponchatoula LA; Alan Yngve, Saint 3.16 3 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 59.62% Paul MN; John Smythe, Mandeville LA 2.08 4/5 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Paul Wright Jr, Mount vs Pleasant SC 58.17% Linda Gallagher - Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; Carol Caplan - 4.85 4/5 1 1 Michael Mihevc, Little Falls NY; Amelie Le Blanc, New Orleans LA 58.17% Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 1.51 6 Lillian Trac, San Rafael CA; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 57.85% 3.64 2 J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane, Williston VT 57.69% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO 2.39 3/4 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Ronald McDonald, Henderson NV 57.21% BRACKET 1 2.39 3/4 Mary Olsky - Mark Olsky, Madison WI 57.21% 6 Tables 1.53 5 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 56.57% Rani Sachdev - Kailash Sachdev, The Woodlands TX; 1.87 6 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Victor Mazmanian, Riverside CT 54.65% Madhusudan Patel - Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX 2.27 2 Fred Baldwin, Delta BC; Leatha Dudra, Surrey BC 54.17% vs 1.49 3/4 Susan Grever - Harry Weeks, Dunedin FL 53.53% John Bacon - Eva Lefton - Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; George 1.49 3/4 Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 53.53% Agregado Jr, Lakewood OH 0.96 5 Laurie-Ann Levin, San Antonio TX; Renee Danziger, Cliffside Park NJ 52.24% vs 0.98 6 Gail Slater - Katherine Zimmerman, Louisville KY 51.44% Michael Keller, Kalispell MT; Peggyann Klein, New York NY; Giorgia Botta, Rome 00189 Italy; David Orser, Billings MT 1ST FRIDAY EVENING A/X SWISS TEAMS 17 Tables / Based on 54 Tables Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Paul Lindauer Jr, A X Varna IL; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 9.71 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Cezary vs Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Poland; J F Lowenstein - Donald Daigle - Dee Moses, New Orleans LA; Aleksander Dubinin - , Moscow Russia 110.00 Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 7.28 2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Tilburg 50 vs Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands; Bauke Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 93.00 Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, 92-432 Lodz Poland 7.49 3 1 J Gittelman - Gary King - Dianna Gittelman, Houston TX; Greg Loran, Lubbock TX 81.00 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO 5.62 4 2 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes - Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA; Paul Deal, BRACKET 2 New Orleans LA 79.00 2.69 5/6 Georgia Heth, Morton IL; Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH; Kay Afdahl - 8 Tables Darwin Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 71.00 Michael Cresap - Katherine Gardner - Ronald Cresap - Shirley 2.69 5/6 Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Art D’Entremont, Todd, Baton Rouge LA Regina Beach SK; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK 71.00 vs 4.21 3 James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC; C Kay Teal, Richland WA; Timothy Calamari Jr - Louis Richardson - Jacquelyn Madden - Shirley Seals, Ponte Vedra FL 70.00 Jean Faia, Metairie LA 3.16 4 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; Jonathan Ohliger, El Cerrito CA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; John Dickenson, North Wales PA 66.00 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO BRACKET 3 1ST FRIDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 37 Tables 8 Tables B C D Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston TX; Jane Ghegan, 7.13 1 Todd Lusk - C Reis, Baton Rouge LA; F. Marion Fletcher, Atlanta GA; Susan Marett, St Simons Is GA Statesboro GA; Eugene Joly, Palm Coast FL 108.00 vs 6.22 2 1 1 Linda Angelle - Lisa Tate - Sally Jones - Suzy Thompson, Baton James Maniscalco - Barbara Maniscalco - Walter Merritt, La Rouge LA 92.00 Quinta CA; M Howard, Benbrook TX 4.67 3 2 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Jerry Marchant, Green Lake WI; Norman vs Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL 84.00 William McClelland - Hilary McClelland, Vass NC; Charles 3.50 4 3 2 Charles Burns - James Windus, Vancouver WA; Abby Hellring, Young Jr - Ina Young, Pinehurst NC Coral Gables FL; Jo Ann Rauch, Miami FL 81.00 2.26 5 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Jacqueline Syer - Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON; Robert Michaud, Saint David ME 79.00 2.24 6/8 4/6 3/4 Olivia Brown, San Antonio TX; Blythe Olshan Findley, Westchester IL; Stanley Weiss, Livingston NJ; Vladimir Oudalov, Nutley NJ 78.00 2.02 6/8 4/6 Louis Trautwein III - Helena Fine, Naples FL; Diane Royer, Dallas TX; Billie Darnell, San Antonio TX 78.00 2.24 6/8 4/6 3/4 Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA; John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON 78.00 1.44 5 Ruth Malen, Baton Rouge LA; Beverly Malen, Chicago IL; Dave Malen, Toronto ON; Jane Petering, San Diego CA 76.00 1.08 6 Gary Carey, Coppell TX; Jo Hammett, Corinth TX; Sandy Kristoferson - Charles Brown, Denton TX 71.00 Page 12 Daily Bulletin

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA CC EAST-WEST 1 Brian Senior - Sandra Penfold, Nottingham England 64.77% 1 Chi-Yen Lai, East Brunswick NJ; Bin Dai, Mountain View CA 60.31% 2 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 63.46% 2 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 59.69% 3 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 60.23% 3 Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 58.85% 4 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 60.15% 4 Javier Graupera - Juan Pont, Barcelona Spain 57.69% 5 Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH; Philippe Cronier, Paris 75018 France 57.46% 5 Ronald Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 57.00% 6 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 57.31% 6 Daniel Wolkowitz, Hastings-On-Hud NY; Marius Agica, New York NY 56.77% 7 Howard Piltch - Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 54.31% 7 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 54.38% 8 Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 53.92% 8 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 54.00% 9 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 53.54% 9 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 53.46% 10 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI 53.08% 10 Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN; Joan Dziekanski, New York NY 53.23% 11 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 52.77% 11 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 51.38% 12 Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 52.38% 12 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC 51.31% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DD FF EAST-WEST 1 Jan Martel - Chip Martel, Davis CA 61.00% 1 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 64.31% 2 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Mark Teaford, Seal Beach CA 59.00% 2 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 62.00% 3 David Yang, Chicago IL; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 58.77% 3 Jeff Mandell, Northfield IL; Jon Sorkin, Deerfield IL 57.69% 4 Margot Hennings - Donald Hennings, Annandale VA 56.38% 4 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; John Swanson, Lancaster CA 56.92% 5/6 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 55.85% 5 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 56.00% 5/6 Victoria Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 55.85% 6 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Guido Ferraro, Torino Italy 55.38% 7 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt 55.23% 7 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 54.92% 8 Bjorgvin Kristinsson - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 54.23% 8 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; William Harker, Copperopolis CA 54.85% 9 Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 53.62% 9 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA 54.46% 10 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 53.46% 10 David Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 53.92% 11 Sam Coolik, Atlanta GA; Jay McKee, Starkville MS 52.92% 11 Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 53.77% 12 Frank Ayer - Hash Mohamed, Calgary AB 52.69% 12 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 53.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GG JJ EAST-WEST 1 Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 61.92% 1 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 61.23% 2 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 61.85% 2 Joe Gottler, Elberta AL; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 59.92% 3 Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 60.92% 3 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 57.85% 4 Michal Kopecky, 54101 Czech Republic; Milan Macura, 75301 Czech Republic 58.92% 4 Joaquin Pacareu - Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chad 56.77% 5 Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 57.46% 5 Charles Durrin III, Madison AL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 56.69% 6 Abby Myerson - Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 55.23% 6 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 56.46% 7 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 53.85% 7 Alexander Ornstein, Roslyn Heights NY; Susan Picus, New York NY 55.23% 8 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 53.77% 8 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 53.92% 9 Steve Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 53.54% 9/10 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 53.62% 10 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 53.15% 9/10 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 53.62% 11 - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 52.69% 11 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 52.62% 12 Jane Marshall - Ronald Franck, Pittsburgh PA 52.15% 12 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, Brooklyn NY 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BB EE II EAST-WEST 1 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 62.21% 1 Paul Munafo - Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 65.20% 2 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 60.20% 2 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL 63.23% 3 Richard Chin - John Paxton, Bozeman MT 58.94% 3 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA 62.91% 4 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 57.99% 4 Rajeswaran Rajkumar - Prahalad Rajkumar, Germantown MD 60.15% 5 Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 57.96% 5 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 59.12% 6 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 57.18% 6 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 58.14% 7 Jon Bartlett - David Brower, Portland OR 56.97% 7 Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX 57.74% 8 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 56.62% 8 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 57.69% 9 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ 56.27% 9 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; David Becher, Peabody MA 56.72% 10 James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 56.19% 10 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 56.51% 11 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA 56.16% 11 Judith Bianco, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 56.08% 12 Aaron Silverstein - Scott Levine, New York NY 55.43% 12 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Norman Bolton, Beverly Hills MI 55.35% 13 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 54.03% 13 Glen Holman, Capetown 8001 South Africa; Tim Cope, Capetown South Africa 54.67% 14 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 53.89% 14 Peter Matthews Jr, Roslindale MA; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 54.50% 15 Cynthia Schneider - Eli Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 53.65% 15 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH 53.53% 16 Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 53.34% 16 Josh Sher, New York NY; Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA 53.50% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS HH KK EAST-WEST 1 Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA 60.08% 1 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 64.46% 2 Joaopaulo Campos - Miguel Villasboas, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil 59.69% 2 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 61.77% 3 Satya Rami, Morganville NJ; Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA 59.54% 3 Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 60.15% 4 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 56.15% 4 Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 58.62% 5 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 54.08% 5 Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 56.23% 6 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 53.69% 6 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 55.31% 7 John Maki, Bothell WA; William O’Brien, Mountlake Terr WA 52.69% 7 Timothy Joder, Lanesboro MA; Fred Woodruff, Ponchatoula LA 55.15% 8 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 51.69% 8 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 54.23% 9 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 51.08% 9 Paul Bethe - David Moss, New York NY 54.08% 10/11 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, Newberry MI 50.85% 10 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam 1071T Netherlands 54.00% 10/11 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 50.85% 11 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL 53.85%

YOUNG 0-1500 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN EAST-WEST 1 Eleanor O’Connor - Richard Hurd, Trumansburg NY 59.92% 1 Mitch Towner - Robert Whitcher, Austin TX 66.54% 2 Carl Merlin - Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA 58.92% 2 Charles Ensor - Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX 57.38% 3 Oyvind Tafjord - Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 57.00% 3 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL 54.46% 4 Lelvin Crowe - Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 56.69% 4 Catherine Sallar, Fall River MA; Chris Soares, Swansea MA 53.62% 5 Jane Formet, Orlando FL; Eberhard Jehle, Charlottesville VA 56.23% 5 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 53.31% 6 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 55.46% 6 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 52.85% 7 Dexter Senft, Bedford NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 54.85% 7 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 52.77% 8 Stephen Reichek - Ariel Leibovitz, Houston TX 54.77% 8 Eric Schulz - Mary Skavaril, Reynoldsburg OH 52.69% 9 Johnny Townsend, Greenwell Spgs LA; Mike Stansbury, Lafayette LA 53.15% 9 Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA; Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA 52.46% 10 Chris Kleis, Lyndhurst OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH 52.77% 10 Michael Lieberman, Cambridge MA; Robert Eachus, Nashua NH 52.38% 11 Tom Kaufmann, Pine Brook NJ; Martin Lesh, Montville NJ 51.85% 11 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; William Heess, Marlborough MA 52.23% 12 Paula Justice - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 51.77% 12 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 52.15% New Orleans 2003: A look back Action unlimited Few and far between trump. With the ♠Q offside and hearts not splitting, Talk about competitive deals. Check out this By Barry Rigal there was no way home. deal: Looking for the bridge spots when you’ve been Dlr: West ♠ 10 9 8 7 5 3 eliminated from a qualifying event can be like the Suit preference 101 Vul: E-W ♥ Q 10 4 proverbial needle in a haystack — hence the title. By Barry Rigal ♦ 10 4 3 Here are my teammates, JoAnna Stansby (North) Suit preference is a useful tool and its ♣ 4 and Sharon Osberg (South), at work: operation is not limited to when you give or Dlr: East ♠ 9 2 receive a ruff. A simple example came on this ♠ J ♠ — Vul: E–W ♥ A K 8 7 5 deal ♥ K 7 5 3 ♥ A J 9 8 2 ♦ J Dlr: East ♠ 10 8 5 ♦ J 9 ♦ A Q 8 7 5 2 ♣ A Q J 10 2 Vul: Both ♥ J 10 7 6 3 ♣ ♣ A K Q 10 5 3 6 2 ♠ K 8 ♠ A J 7 4 ♦ A 7 ♠ A K Q 6 4 2 ♥ 9 6 4 3 2 ♥ J ♣ 6 5 3 ♥ 6 ♦ A Q 10 8 3 ♦ K 9 6 5 ♠ A 6 2 ♠ K Q 9 7 3 ♦ K 6 ♣ 4 ♣ K 9 6 5 ♥ 5 2 ♥ Q 8 ♣ J 9 8 7 ♠ Q 10 6 5 3 ♦ J 10 9 8 6 ♦ Q 3 2 In general there were two scenarios: tables at ♥ Q 10 ♣ K J 9 ♣ A Q 8 which North made a preemptive jump overcall in ♦ 7 4 2 ♠ J 4 spades and tables in which he did not. ♣ 8 7 3 ♥ A K 9 4 In the first, imagine South’s shock when North West North East South ♦ K 5 4 ♣ bids 2♠! Usually East-West found their great heart 1♦ Pass 10 7 4 2 West North East South fit, but there was no way non-vulnerable North- 1♥ 2♣ Pass Pass 1♠ Pass South were going to let East-West play this deal at 3♦ All Pass I guess most players with the West cards settled 2♠ Pass Pass Dbl any reasonable level. Redbl 3♥ Pass Pass In the second scenario, imagine North’s shock for an invitation to game at their second turn. There is a case for not consulting partner because they 3♠ All Pass when South bids spades. Once again East-West will always misevaluate heart length or shortness. East-West could have collected plus 200 were going to have to do a lot of bidding to buy the ♥ Indeed, 5♦ does look very good, doesn’t it from 3 doubled, but this was not clear to ♥ contract. now? Well, read on. either player. South led the K, on which ♥ ♥ ♥ Often the final contract was 6 , and often this Sharon led a third-best ♣3 and JoAnna won the North played the J. On the A, North next ♥ slam went down. Declarer had to guess to finesse ♣A. She knew declarer was likely to be 4–4 in the played the 10 — a clear call for the higher of the non-trump suits, namely diamonds. North for the ♥Q because the diamond finesse minors. South’s failure to bid spades (so unlikely was doomed to fail. Of course the spade save was to have six) meant East likely had four. So JoAnna South shifted to a diamond to the ace and a good one — North-South lose only one trick in found the trump shift at trick two. back to the king and a third round was ruffed each side suit. Declarer won in dummy to lead a heart and to set 3♠. JoAnna ducked. That let Sharon in to play a second Daily Bulletin Page 13

1ST FRIDAY EVENING 300/200/100 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Ildiko Baxter, Cleveland Hghts OH; Gunhild Alius, Beachwood OH 67.23% 1 1 1 Oosman Bashir - Monika Weber, New Haven CT 63.07% 2 2 Greg Carey - Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 65.15% 2 2 2 Russel Powers - Katherine Powers, Rockport TX 56.63% 3 3 1 Bradley Keller, South Lyon MI; C J Jameson, Stanford CA 56.82% 3 3 Alan Jacobs - Linda Jacobs, Metairie LA 56.44% 4 4 Lola Crochet, Broussard LA; Jessie Williamson, Opelousas LA 53.79% 4 Gretel Timan, Asheville NC; Betty Romano, Marysville WA 56.25% 5/6 5/6 Becky Bien, Maumelle AR; Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR 53.41% 5 4 Lee Early, Bamberg SC; John Sitton, New Orleans LA 55.49% 5/6 5/6 Charles Brion - Pat Brion, Edmond OK 53.41% 6 Cecelia Hoyt, Carencro LA; Kathleen Schiff, Lafayette LA 54.55% 5 Diane Gup - Alex Gup, Pensacola FL 52.84%

1ST FRIDAY EVENING 50/20/5 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Logan Vance - Lyndsay Vance, Versailles KY 56.67% 1 Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA; Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA 65.83% 2 2 Patricia Dicorte, New Orleans LA; Rachael Plaisance, Metairie LA 55.83% 2 Connie Hester - Stephanie Fogleman, Baton Rouge LA 60.83% 1 Lorraine Martin - David Martin, Madisonville LA 52.50%

LOUIS FIORELLA STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Jane Dickey - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 63.57% 1 1 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 57.09% 2 2 1 Steven Jackson, Dana Point CA; Yann Shen, Laguna Niguel CA 62.82% 2 2 Roger Smith, Pittsburg CA; Carol Griffin, Walnut Creek CA 57.00% 3 Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 60.02% 3 Diane Olson, San Antonio TX; Donna McBride, Kerrville TX 54.63% 4 Peter Szecsi, Pasadena CA; Bernardine Mateer, Monrovia CA 56.25% 4 3 Nancy Arnold, La Quinta CA; Judy Cardin, Chesterfield MO 54.49% 5 Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI 50.00% 5 4 1 Sabrina Frean, New York NY; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN 54.40% 3 Miriam Litsky - Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA 48.93% 2 Donna Casey - Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL 42.68% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Eva Lefton, Cleveland OH; Caroline Pascoe, Sarasota FL 59.58% 1 Celia Austenfeld - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 56.02% 2 2 1 Charles Curley, Wakefield MA; Jordan Winick, Toronto ON 59.09% 2 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; David Hoffner, Smithville NJ 55.47% 3 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 58.28% 3 1 1 Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston TX 52.78% 4 3 Arun Desouza, Troy MI; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI 54.39% 4 2 2 Gregory Earnest - Annie Burke, Oxford MS 52.08% 5 4 Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY; James Bridges, Penfield NY 53.70% 5 Mario Rodrigues, Mississauga ON; Sandra Williams, Walnut Creek CA 51.33% 2 James Lafave - Girish Nathan, Denver CO 45.37% 3 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM 51.06%

INTERNATIONAL FUND FRIDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION K EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sarko Kassabian, Saint-Laurent QC; Hayk Bosnakyan, Montreal QC 65.38% 1 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 59.62% 2 Lillian Trac, San Rafael CA; Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 57.85% 2 1 J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane, Williston VT 57.69% 3 1 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Victor Mazmanian, Riverside CT 54.65% 3/4 2/3 1/2 Susan Grever - Harry Weeks, Dunedin FL 53.53% 4 2 William McCaskill, Richton MS; Marion House, Laurel MS 53.21% 3/4 2/3 1/2 Robert Vetter, Aurora CO; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 53.53% 5 3 1 Janice Trott, Devonshire Bermuda; Margaret Vaucrosson, Hamilton Bermuda 50.48% 5 4 Mary Bass, Mobile AL; Lynne Newman, San Diego CA 50.80% 4 Melissa Swartz, St Petersburg FL; Richard Douglas, Temperance MI 47.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION L EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Linda Fox, New Orleans LA; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA 62.82% 1 1 1 Michael Mihevc, Little Falls NY; Amelie Le Blanc, New Orleans LA 58.17% 2 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 58.17% 2/3 2/3 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Ronald McDonald, Henderson NV 57.21% 3 1 1 Fred Baldwin, Delta BC; Leatha Dudra, Surrey BC 54.17% 2/3 2/3 Mary Olsky - Mark Olsky, Madison WI 57.21% 4 2 Selim Benardete, New York NY; Judy McDonald, Henderson NV 52.24% 4 4 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 56.57% 5 3 2 Gail Slater - Katherine Zimmerman, Louisville KY 51.44% 5 5 2 Laurie-Ann Levin, San Antonio TX; Renee Danziger, Cliffside Park NJ 52.24% 6 4 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Jack Wolf, Houston TX 50.64% 6 Cleopatra Guastella, Red Bank NJ; Sandra Krietzberg, Belmar NJ 51.60%

BRUCE 0-5000 LM PAIRS 2NDQUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV WW EAST-WEST 1 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 60.85% 1 Bonnie Melchior - Gerald Koonce, Little Rock AR 62.38% 2 Susan Jackowitz, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Nancy Turner, New York NY 60.23% 2 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 61.85% 3 Kenneth Bergman - Barbara Bergman, Wexford PA 58.23% 3 Bette Strauch, San Diego CA; Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 58.15% 4 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory, Los Angeles CA 57.92% 4 John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 57.38% 5 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 57.23% 5 Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 57.00% 6 Richard Dimond, Warsaw MO; Donald Sloter, Omaha NE 56.46% 6 K Boagni Jr - Lois Boagni, Opelousas LA 56.77% 7 Lynn Larson - Paul Christ, Traverse City MI 55.15% 7 Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Henry Caspar, Katy TX 54.62% 8 John Richardson - Charles Cook, Montgomery AL 53.38% 8 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON 54.54% 9 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 52.92% 9 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Ft Lauderdale FL 52.31% 10/11 Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON 52.23% 10 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 51.54% 10/11 Patsy London - A Beth Reid, Louisville KY 52.23% 11 William Riley - Nancy Riley, Silver Lake OH 51.46% 12 Sidney Golub, West Palm Beach FL; Sellers McKee, Jupiter FL 51.31% 12 Todd Fisher - George Goewey, Chicago IL 51.31% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XX YY ZZ EAST-WEST 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 62.76% 1 Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 64.12% 2 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 61.31% 2 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 61.89% 3 Shelly Dunietz - Bill Begert, New York NY 59.39% 3 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 59.07% 4 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 58.66% 4 Lynne Logan - Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS 58.72% 5 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 57.88% 5 Fay Teal, Kitchener ON; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 58.22% 6 Adair Gellman - Vincent Bartone, Ashburn VA 57.24% 6 Carolyn Pinto, Fort Worth TX; Pat McMullin, Houston TX 57.77% 7 Maureen Brines - Tracy Brines, Richland WA 57.01% 7 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 57.73% 8 Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 56.37% 8 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL 57.18% 9 Ann Faget, Houston TX; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 55.75% 9 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 55.60% 10 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 55.74% 10 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Douglas Wagner, Birmingham AL 54.46% 11 Carol Hamilton - James Hamilton, Sarasota FL 55.52% 11 Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; Michael Hartnett, Mill Valley CA 54.40% 12 Anton Blagov, Richmond Hill ON; Lesya Blagova, Scarborough ON 55.39% 12 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA 54.22% 13 Mark Starr, Brookline MA; Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL 53.49% 13 Marie Ashton, Portland OR; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 54.10% 14 Kelly Smythe, Pensacola FL; Scott Stearns, Elberta AL 53.17% 14 Debra Eaves, Northville MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI 53.94% 15 Marc Rabinowitz, Sunny Isles Bch FL; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 52.95% 15 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 52.81% 16 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 52.83% 16 Andrea Muliar, Vienna Austria; Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria 52.53% 17 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 52.74% 17 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Tansu Aksu, Orlando FL 52.30% 18 Jill Burtram - Lisa Mann, Albuquerque NM 52.45% 18 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 52.10%

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J G EAST-WEST 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 64.54% 1 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA 62.23% 2 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 62.38% 2 Joaquin Pacareu - Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chad 60.85% 3 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 60.38% 3 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Robert White, Raleigh NC 57.31% 4 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Thomas Clark, Austin TX 56.69% 4 Charles Durrin III, Madison AL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 57.15% 5 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 55.69% 5 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 57.08% 6 Judy Isenberg, Highland Park IL; Janie Strauss, Northbrook IL 55.62% 6 Rick Roeder, San Diego CA; Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 55.38% 7 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 55.46% 7 Michal Kopecky, 54101 Czech Republic; Milan Macura, 75301 Czech Republic 55.31% 8 Brady Richter, Summit NJ; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 55.23% 8 Gavin Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 54.69% 9 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 53.62% 9 Chris Willenken - R Jay Becker, New York NY 53.85% 10 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany 52.92% 10 Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 53.15% 11 George Pisk, Manchaca TX; Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD 52.00% 11 Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN; Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 52.00% 12 Betty Parker, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Miami FL 51.92% 12 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 51.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K M EAST-WEST 1 Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 65.08% 1 Joaopaulo Campos - Miguel Villasboas, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil 60.31% 2 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 62.38% 2 Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 59.92% 3 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 58.54% 3 John Laufer, Toronto ON; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 58.38% 4 Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 58.00% 4 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 57.62% 5 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON 56.69% 5 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Frank Pancoe, Glen Ellyn IL 57.08% 6 Kenneth Bland - Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 56.23% 6 John Maki, Bothell WA; William O’Brien, Mountlake Terr WA 56.85% 7 Timothy Joder, Lanesboro MA; Fred Woodruff, Ponchatoula LA 55.69% 7 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 54.62% 8/9 Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON; John Moser, St Agatha ON 54.77% 8 Trygve Undem - Marianne Harding, Lyngal Netherlands 53.46% 8/9 Jane Jensen - David Jensen, Leighton Buzzar England 54.77% 9 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 53.15% 10 Paul Bethe - David Moss, New York NY 54.69% 10 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 52.46% 11 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam 1071T Netherlands 51.62% 11 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 52.31% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS L E B EAST-WEST 1 Glen Holman, Capetown 8001 South Africa; Tim Cope, Capetown South Africa 66.40% 1 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 62.20% 2 John Strauch, San Diego CA; John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 61.74% 2 Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 61.79% 3 Craig Gower - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 60.22% 3 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 61.59% 4 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 59.36% 4 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 60.53% 5 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 59.06% 5 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 59.77% 6 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 58.60% 6 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ 59.67% 7 Meg Myers, Portland OR; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR 56.53% 7 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA 55.06% 8 Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Stockholm Sweden; Grace Jeklin, Surrey BC 55.62% 8 Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 54.30% 9 Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman, Dallas TX 54.91% 9 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; John Zilic, Houston TX 53.90% 10 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 54.61% 10 James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 53.69% 11 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA 54.50% 11 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 53.54% 12 Gary Greene, Longmont CO; Tom Stack, Boulder CO 54.25% 12 Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 53.34% 13 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; David Becher, Peabody MA 52.73% 13 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 52.13% 14 Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY 52.48% 14 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 51.97% 15 Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL; Calvin Rowe, Gainesville FL 52.38% 15 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 51.47% 16 Judith Bianco, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 51.82% 16 Jon Bartlett - David Brower, Portland OR 51.42% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A C EAST-WEST 1 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 62.15% 1 Tom Townsend, London W9 1sd England; David Gold, London England 67.08% 2 Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India 59.54% 2 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 61.69% 3 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Morella Pacheco, Pompano Beach FL 58.38% 3 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 61.54% 4 James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 58.31% 4 Brian Senior - Sandra Penfold, Nottingham England 59.23% 5 Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 57.92% 5 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 55.46% 6 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 56.46% 6 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 55.08% 7 Maureen O’Rourke - Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX 54.46% 7 James Parker, Hollywood FL; Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Gdns FL 53.00% 8 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 54.31% 8 Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX; Bryan Storey, Frisco TX 52.85% 9 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 54.15% 9 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 52.54% 10 McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 54.08% 10 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 52.46% 11 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; R Eissenstat, State College PA 52.85% 11 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 52.31% 12 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY 52.08% 12 Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 51.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS D F EAST-WEST 1 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 70.85% 1 David Yang, Chicago IL; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 64.46% 2 David Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 61.62% 2 Victoria Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 60.77% 3 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 58.00% 3 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 60.69% 4 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Guido Ferraro, Torino Italy 57.38% 4 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Mark Teaford, Seal Beach CA 59.54% 5 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 57.08% 5 Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX; John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 55.00% 6 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 56.15% 6 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY 54.92% 7 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA 55.92% 7 Jan Martel - Chip Martel, Davis CA 54.23% 8 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 54.92% 8 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 53.85% 9 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira Chorush, Houston TX 54.85% 9 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Glen Cove NY 53.23% 10 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD 54.38% 10 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 52.92% 11 Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 54.00% 11 Marilyn Maddox - Myles Maddox, Pleasant Ridge MI 52.46% 12 Jeff Mandell, Northfield IL; Jon Sorkin, Deerfield IL 53.31% 12 Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 51.46% Page 14 Daily Bulletin

WES BUSBY MEMORIAL DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Tilghman Moore, Gretna LA; Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 58.71% 1 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 61.17% 2 2 William Jenkins, Amarillo TX; Cherryl Mitchell, Metairie LA 56.25% 2 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 56.82% 3 3 Dodo Georgevic, Uk England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 55.68% 3 Charles Bradford Jr - Ed Barnes, Columbus GA 56.44% 4 Sharon Hanchey - Judy Robertson, Lake Charles LA 54.73% 4 1 Betty Schwall, New Orleans LA; Bobbi Long, Metairie LA 55.11% 5 4 William McCaskill, Richton MS; Marion House, Laurel MS 53.03% 5 2 Freddie Straus, Encino CA; Alain Fleurot, Manhattan Beach CA 52.46% 2 Patti Harp, New Orleans LA; Debbie Rothschild, Metairie LA 50.00% 3 1 Kenneth C.K. Chuk, Chapel Hill NC; Wilse Manning, Ocean Springs MS 50.95% 4 Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA; Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT 50.38% 2 Sylvia Briscoe - Ann Hough, Biloxi MS 47.16% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA; Maryse Hambrick, Saint-Laurent QC 63.64% 1 Alan Miller - Greg Reich, New York NY 63.64% 2 James O’Neil, Oak Park IL; Paul Stern, Oak Creek WI 59.28% 2 1 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; David Chinn, Elk Grove CA 59.09% 3 2 Daryl Gahm, Vancleave MS; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 58.90% 3 2 1 Stanley Weiss, Livingston NJ; Vladimir Oudalov, Nutley NJ 54.92% 4 3 William Weiss - Roy Boucvalt, New Orleans LA 56.25% 4 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 53.22% 5 Ruth Stober, Great Neck NY; Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY 53.60% 5 Liz Karnicki, Beaumont TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 51.52% 4 1 Michele Snyder, Olathe KS; John Mitchell, Metairie LA 50.00% 3 2 Mary Udell - Linda Hays, Albuquerque NM 47.92% 2 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 49.43% 4 Louis Trautwein III - Helena Fine, Naples FL 46.40%

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SIDE GAME 3RD OF FOUR SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Bud Murphy - Audrey Darlington, Lafayette LA 61.06% 1 1 Sigurd Nordvoll - Linda Fox, New Orleans LA 63.78% 2 2 Talbot Lewin, Baltimore MD; Allan Mazer, Towson MD 57.05% 2 2 Jon Downing, Solihull England; John Pataki, Mesquite TX 63.14% 3 3 Selim Benardete, New York NY; Judy McDonald, Henderson NV 54.49% 3 Joseph Machotka, Chicago IL; Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 58.49% 4 4 Michael Nistler, Petaluma CA; Nancy Roberts, Pensacola FL 51.92% 4 3 Jerry Grissom - Mary Jane Bright, Gulfport MS 55.77% 5/6 5/6 1/2 James Baker - Gwendolyn Baker, Dunnellon FL 51.76% 5 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX 54.17% 5/6 5/6 1/2 Dave Malen, Toronto ON; Ruth Malen, Baton Rouge LA 51.76% 6 4 1 Peter Ahlstedt, Copenhag Denmark; Henrik Rud Pedersen, Rodovre Denmark 54.01% 3 Jane Ghegan, Atlanta GA; Susan Marett, St Simons Is GA 50.00% 5 2 Katherine Gardner - Michael Cresap, Baton Rouge LA 49.68% 3 Alan Gross - Estelle Bogart, Glen Mills PA 49.20% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Victor Mazmanian, Riverside CT 60.42% 1 Dorothy Kelleher, Westbrook ME; Sharron Hinckley, East Winthrop ME 56.89% 2 2 1 Gary Stern, Columbus GA; Jane Clark, Stephenville TX 58.81% 2 1 Bob Marett, St Simons Is GA; Marguerite Crews, Richmond VA 56.41% 3 3 Tiger King, Houston TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 58.49% 3/4 2/3 Cleopatra Guastella, Red Bank NJ; Sandra Krietzberg, Belmar NJ 56.25% 4 4 2 Bobbie Gattuso, Gretna LA; Juanita Heidingsfelder, Metairie LA 58.33% 3/4 2/3 Joan Johnson, Pls Vrds Estate CA; Glenna Shannahan, Fitchburg WI 56.25% 5 5 Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA; David Bybee, New Orleans LA 55.93% 5 4 1 Harry Ingham, San Marcos TX; Greg Schepens, Austin TX 53.69% 6 C J Hoadley, New Orleans LA; Ann Barone, Metairie LA 54.49% 6 5 2 Fay Batt - Helen St Romain, Metairie LA 51.92% 3 Elinor Levinson Hood, Ventura CA; Peggy Nielsen, Ojai CA 49.52%

LOUIS FIORELLA MEMORIAL PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sabrina Frean, New York NY; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN 59.78% 1 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 64.31% 2 Robert Adams - David Foote, Oklahoma City OK 55.92% 2 1 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 62.20% 3 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 55.25% 3 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY; Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI 59.24% 4 2 Jackie Stokes, Pontotoc MS; Charlotte Flaherty, Ecru MS 52.93% 4 2 1 James Lafave - Girish Nathan, Denver CO ` 53.55% 5 3 Roger Banks, Hot Springs Vil AR; Carolyn Deering, Naples FL 50.88% 5 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 52.79% 4 2 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 50.56% 3 2 Joanne Brown, Santa Cruz CA; Mary Seggerman, Bearsville NY 48.93% 4 Connie Noel - Leslie London, Louisville KY 47.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; David Hoffner, Smithville NJ 65.15% 1 1 Eva Lefton, Cleveland OH; Caroline Pascoe, Sarasota FL 56.72% 2 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Witold Turant, 92-432 Lodz Poland 62.16% 2 Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 54.57% 3 Peter Szecsi, Pasadena CA; Bernardine Mateer, Monrovia CA 60.79% 3 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; James Bush, New Orleans LA 54.46% 4 1 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM 56.37% 4 2 Barbara Murphy, Needham MA; Richard Saval, Wayland MA 53.87% 5 2 Cindy Casson - Pat Moore, Las Vegas NV 54.29% 5 3 1 Steven Jackson, Dana Point CA; Yann Shen, Laguna Niguel CA 53.35% 3 1 Gregory Earnest - Annie Burke, Oxford MS 48.61% 4 2 Donna Casey - Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL 50.87% 4 Donna Cosgrove - Robert Kroupa, Idaho Falls ID 47.93% 2 Alfred Shaw - Miriam Shaw, Bloomfield Twp MI 45.22%

BRUCE 0-5000 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PPP QQQ RRR EAST-WEST 1 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 63.82% 1 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 62.34% 2 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 61.70% 2 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 58.90% 3 Samantha Nystrom, Port Moody BC; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 61.54% 3 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS 57.79% 4 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 60.43% 4 Jill Burtram - Lisa Mann, Albuquerque NM 57.33% 5 Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL; Keith White, Jacksonville FL 58.91% 5 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 56.68% 6 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Tansu Aksu, Orlando FL 58.30% 6 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 56.37% 7 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 57.84% 7 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 55.92% 8 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 54.86% 8/9 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 55.76% 9 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA 54.72% 8/9 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 55.76% 10 Jeffrey Ford - , Redmond WA 54.66% 10 Judite Kokis - Ronald Esposti, Mississauga ON 55.26% 11 Maritha Pottenger - William Grant, San Diego CA 54.40% 11/12 Shelly Dunietz - Bill Begert, New York NY 55.11% 12 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Douglas Wagner, Birmingham AL 54.31% 11/12 Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 55.11% 13 Marie Ashton, Portland OR; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 53.45% 13 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL 55.05% 14 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY; John Jensen, Maysville KY 52.79% 14 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 54.60% 15 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX 52.54% 15 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 53.64% 16 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 51.88% 16 Barbara Bacon - Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH 53.39% 17 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Atlantic Beach FL 51.83% 17 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 53.23% 18 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA 51.32% 18 Larry Weatherholt, Shawnee Mission KS; Gary Morrison, Westminster CO 52.53% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST 1 Theresa Andino, Tallahassee FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 58.08% 1 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 58.62% 2/3 John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 57.92% 2 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 57.08% 2/3 Linda Golumbia - Arthur Golumbia, West Bloomfield MI 57.92% 3 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 55.85% 4 Ying Yuan, Kalamazoo MI; James Chen, Richland MI 57.54% 4 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 55.69% 5 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 57.08% 5 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 55.08% 6 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON 55.08% 6 Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 54.92% 7 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY 54.77% 7 Kenneth Bergman - Barbara Bergman, Wexford PA 54.69% 8 Judith Marshall - Sharon Benz, Buffalo NY 54.46% 8 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 54.23% 9 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA 53.38% 9 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Frank Asbury, Valdosta GA 52.69% 10 Jerry Wright - William Fritsch Jr, Kingsport TN 52.85% 10 Susan Fuller, Miami FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 52.46% 11 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 52.77% 11 William Riley - Nancy Riley, Silver Lake OH 52.08% 12 Richard Dimond, Warsaw MO; Donald Sloter, Omaha NE 52.00% 12 David Zapatka - Jo Ann Zapatka, Sun Lakes AZ 52.00%

1ST FRIDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Donald Soignet - Jeanne Soignet, Metairie LA 63.27% 1 1 1 Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA 77.08% 2 2 Edee Rumley - Diane Griffiths, Langley BC 61.65% 2 Jeff Kallenbach, Adrian MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 61.73% 3 3 Ellen Lappa, New Orleans LA; Carolyn McKeough, Kenner LA 60.59% 3 Thomas Turnipseed, Jackson MS; Ruth Fly, Ridgeland MS 55.36% 4 1 Wilbur Ledman - Melanie Ledman, Panama City Bch FL 50.64% 4 2 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Verna Williams, New Orleans LA 52.34% 3/4 Garlan Sisco - Robbie Earle, Pensacola FL 46.39% 3/4 Patricia Lavelle, Houston TX; Delphine Butler, New Orleans LA 46.39% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Louise Forrest, Amite LA; Doris Lavigne, Ponchatoula LA 61.01% 1 1 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA 65.77% 2 1 Amy Cox - Barbara Martin, Hammond LA 56.55% 2 2 Royanne Richert, Rancho Mirage CA; David Dodson, Pahoa HI 59.23% 3 Jean Evans, Woodworth LA; Linda Young, Alexandria LA 54.76% 3/4 3/4 Bennye Randall - Patricia Dixon, Lafayette LA 54.17% 4 2 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON 53.57% 3/4 3/4 1 Darlene Lindner - Gene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 54.17% 3 Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA; Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA 51.19% 1 Clayton Edisen, Metairie LA; Leila Wachtel, New Orleans LA 49.40%

1ST FRIDAY AFTERNOON 0-5 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST 1 Barbara Renaudin, Metairie LA; Joanie Hartson, New Orleans LA 65.33% 1 Lynne Peterson, Metairie LA; Carolyn Abadie, Kenner LA 67.78% 2 Rita Mitts, Marreu LA; Gwen Pablovick, Metarie LA 58.89% 2 David Martin - Lorraine Martin, Madisonville LA 56.00% 3 Doris Cantor, Hallandale FL; Katsumi Sohma, Metairie LA 55.89% 3 Sarah Allen - Richard Freeman Jr, Folsom LA 50.22%

1ST FRIDAY AFTERNOON 20/50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Gigi Matthews - Kathleen Vogel, Metairie LA 59.26% 1 1 Connie Hester - Stephanie Fogelman, Baton Rouge LA 62.30% 2 Annie Wright - Gwendolyn Davis, Baton Rouge LA 56.68% 2 2 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 59.98% 3 Kim Davis, New Port Beach CA; Jane Buckman, Houston TX 55.95% 3 3 Edith Fedoroff - Fe Laughlin, Metairie LA 54.37% 4 2 Michael Bigelow - Pam Bigelow, Savannah GA 54.10% 4 Fred Wexler - Sharon Wexler, Clearwater FL 54.03%

YOUNG LM-1500 PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q EAST-WEST 1 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 63.31% 1 Dexter Senft, Bedford NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 62.77% 2 Spencer Sun, Las Vegas NV; Michael Lentz, Baltimore MD 59.62% 2 Peter Menotti, Los Angeles CA; Garth Greene, Playa del Rey CA 57.92% 3 Laurence Mayer - Steven Goodman, Overland Park KS 57.92% 3 Paula Justice - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 57.23% 4 Eric Schulz - Mary Skavaril, Reynoldsburg OH 55.54% 4 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 56.77% 5/6 Oyvind Tafjord - Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 55.46% 5 Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA; Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA 56.00% 5/6 Mitch Towner - Robert Whitcher, Austin TX 55.46% 6 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Norman Cannon, Fort Myers FL 55.92% 7 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 54.23% 7/8 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 55.38% 8 Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 53.92% 7/8 Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA 55.38% 9/10 Jay D Shah, St Louis MO; Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO 53.08% 9 Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany 55.00% 9/10 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY 53.08% 10 Eleanor O’Connor - Richard Hurd, Trumansburg NY 54.77% 11 Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Robert Ling, Chattanooga TN 52.85% 11 Helen Van Amburg - George Van Amburg, Dewitt MI 51.38% 12 Charles Ensor - Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX 52.62% 12 Jane Formet, Orlando FL; Eberhard Jehle, Charlottesville VA 51.15% Daily Bulletin Page 15

1ST FRIDAY MORNING 0-5 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST 1 Lynne Peterson, Metairie LA; Carolyn Abadie, Kenner LA 63.89% 1 Barbara Claiborne - Kathy Ailmore, New Orleans LA 58.56% 2 Logan Vance - Lyndsay Vance, Versailles KY 58.11% 2 Clare Stewart - Christini Johnson, New Orleans LA 57.44% 3 Lorraine Martin - David Martin, Madisonville LA 56.78% 3 Judee Flotron, Metairie LA; Diane Sumner, Metarrie LA 56.67%

1ST FRIDAY MORNING 20/50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Nelson Daigle, Metairie LA; Don Wurst, New Orleans LA 59.06% 1 Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA; Marda Johnson, Metairie LA 61.05% 2 2 Jean Jones, New Orleans LA; Linda Ash, Metairie LA 57.14% 2 1 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 56.55% 3 Maryann Joyner - Pat Desforges, Metairie LA 56.35% 3 Lillian Trac, San Rafael CA; Paul March, Wake Village TX 55.62% 4 3 Michael Kayes, Long Beach MS; Toni Ladner, Pass Christian MS 55.16% 4/5 Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA; Curtis Manning, Chalmette LA 54.37% 5 Mary Tooker, Diamondhead MS; Judy Sullivan, Pass Christian MS 54.70% 4/5 2 Edith Fedoroff - Fe Laughlin, Metairie LA 54.37% 3 Kathleen Vogel - Gigi Matthews, Metairie LA 53.97% 4 Stephanie Fogleman - Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA 52.05%

1ST FRIDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Cecilia Tucker, Diamond Head MS; Ruth Stafford, Diamondhead MS 57.14% 1 1 Beth Todd, New Orleans LA; Pat Mason, Covington LA 68.75% 2 2 1 Hope Read, New Orleans LA; Susan Guarisco, Metairie LA 54.46% 2 2 Karen Rice, San Jose CA; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 55.65% 3 Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA; Mary Ann Chesson, Metairie LA 53.87% 3 3 1 Barbara McCann - Shirley Hopes, Diamondhead MS 55.06% 4 Shirley Passeri - Robert Doan, Sun City Center FL 52.68% 4 Robbie Earle - Garlan Sisco, Pensacola FL 50.89% 2 Gwen Maniscalco - Joanne Chancey, Metairie LA 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jeff Kallenbach, Adrian MI; Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI 69.35% 1 1 1 Linda Denechaud, Passchristian MS; Dee Eustis, New Orleans LA 54.17% 2 1 Greg Carey - Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 61.31% 2 Buz Kelley - Juanita Kelley, Pineville LA 53.87% 3 2 Ellen Lappa, New Orleans LA; Carolyn McKeough, Kenner LA 56.55% 3 Pauline Jones - Carl Koppeis, Metairie LA 52.38% 4 Louise Forrest, Amite LA; Doris Lavigne, Ponchatoula LA 55.36% 4 2 Jane Meyer, Metairie LA; Joy Eigher, Destrehan LA 50.89% 3 Amy Cox - Barbara Martin, Hammond LA 51.19% 3/4 Bennye Randall - Patricia Dixon, Lafayette LA 49.70% 1 Wilbur Ledman - Melanie Ledman, Panama City Bch FL 50.00% 3/4 Pat Brion - Charles Brion, Edmond OK 49.70%

WES BUSBY MEMORIAL STRATIFIED DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 62.50% 1 James O’Neil, Oak Park IL; Paul Stern, Oak Creek WI 60.04% 2 Ruth Stober, Great Neck NY; Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY 58.14% 2 Charles Bradford Jr - Ed Barnes, Columbus GA 59.47% 3 1 1 Gunhild Alius, Beachwood OH; Ildiko Baxter, Cleveland Hghts OH 54.55% 3/4 1/2 Laura Tolkow - Chaim Kozlovsky, New York NY 57.39% 4/5 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 53.79% 3/4 1/2 William Weiss - Roy Boucvalt, New Orleans LA 57.39% 4/5 2 2 Marilyn Banta - Wilson Banta, Sunshine LA 53.79% 5 3 Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA; Maryse Hambrick, Saint-Laurent QC 57.20% 3 Freddie Straus, Encino CA; Alain Fleurot, Manhattan Beach CA 52.27% 4 Richard Goad - Tamah Goad, Lake Charles LA 56.63% 4 Kenneth C.K. Chuk, Chapel Hill NC; Wilse Manning, Ocean Springs MS 50.95% 1 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 54.92% 2 Wanda White, Guntown MS; Dorothy Mounce, Ecru MS 40.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 William McCaskill, Richton MS; Marion House, Laurel MS 69.89% 1 1 Richard Whittington - Michael Warchol, Venice FL 58.33% 2 2 Dodo Georgevic, Uk England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 58.33% 2 Sharon Hanchey - Judy Robertson, Lake Charles LA 58.14% 3 John Smalley - Nancy Smalley, Beaumont TX 57.01% 3 2 1 Tilghman Moore, Gretna LA; Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 57.20% 4 3 1 Stanley Weiss, Livingston NJ; Vladimir Oudalov, Nutley NJ 55.30% 4 3 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; David Chinn, Elk Grove CA 54.73% 5 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 54.55% 5 4 2 Rufus Harris, Jr - Louise Saik, Metairie LA 52.84% 4 2 Michael Harris - Sandra Harris, Austin TX 46.97%

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES 1ST OF 5 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 57.58% 1 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 64.39% 2 1 Robert Tapp, Madisonville KY; Ray Andersen, Newburgh IN 57.22% 2 1 Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Lily Chew, Kanata ON 59.81% 3 Larry Federico, Metairie LA; Idell Adams, Baton Rouge LA 57.01% 3 2 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 58.50% 4 Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 54.35% 4 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 54.79% 5 2 Robert McGill - Carol Ann McGill, Orange TX 53.73% 5 3 Bebe Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Carol Pollock, Delray Beach FL 53.20% 6 3 1 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Marlene Backus, Brookfield WI 53.70% 6 4 1 Harry Ingham, San Marcos TX; Greg Schepens, Austin TX 52.74% 4 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Victor Mazmanian, Riverside CT 52.19% 5 Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS 50.76% 2 Juanita Heidingsfelder - Sarah Pasternack, Metairie LA 51.72% 2 Patricia Lavelle, Houston TX; Delphine Butler, New Orleans LA 46.64%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, July 25, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold /player/session ACBL members* Other Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 1st Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Friday-Tuesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Sunday, July 25, 9:45 a.m. Happy Bridge single Marriott, Galerie 1 Free Free Free lesson, then 14-board game at 12:30 p.m., no card fee Sunday, July 25, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $15 Sunday, July 25, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Sheraton, Rhythms Ballroom $16 $18 Sunday, July 25, 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single Marriott, Grand Ballroom $16 $18 Sunday, July 25, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 F Marriott, Grand Ballroom $20 --- Bruce LM-5000 Pairs 1-2 F Marriott, Grand Ballroom $17 --- Young LM-1500 Pairs 1-2 F Marriott, Grand Ballroom $17 --- MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $20 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Goldman Grand National Teams, Flight A 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 --- Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Sheinwold Grand National Teams, Flight B 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 --- Mac Nab Grand National Teams, Flight C 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 --- Dr. William Bagnetto Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Marriott, Grand Ballroom $16 $18 Barbara Kantor Memorial Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall $16 $18 Bracketed Flight B Round-Robin Teams 1-2 Mardi Gras Ballroom $16 $18 Brackets of eight teams, three gold overall places per bracket. Teams may not drop out after one session. Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Collegiate Team Championship SF & F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor No fee Sunday, July 25, 2:30 p.m. Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $15 Sunday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single Marriott, TBA $15 $17 Open to Flight A/X Swiss drop-outs and new entrants Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Marriott, Grand Ballroom $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $15 Sunday, July 25, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Junior Day

Saturday, July 24, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 3-4 Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Friday-Tuesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18

Saturday, July 24, 9:45 a.m. Bridge-Plus single Marriott, Galerie 1 Free Free Free lesson, then 14-board game at 12:30 p.m., no card fee.

Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $15

Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Sharon Kern Memorial Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Sheraton, Rhythms BR $16 $18

Saturday, July 24, 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom $16 $18

Saturday, July 24, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 SF Marriott, Grand Ballroom $20 — Bruce LM-5000 Pairs 1-2 SF Marriott, Grand Ballroom $17 — Young LM-1500 Pairs 1-2 SF Marriott, Grand Ballroom $17 — MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 SF Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $20 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Goldman Grand National Teams, Flight A 1-2 SF Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Sheinwold Grand National Teams, Flight B 1-2 SF Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 — Mac Nab Grand National Teams, Flight C 1-2 SF Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 — Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 Marriott, Grand Ballroom $16 $18 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Marriott, Preservation Hall $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom $16 $18 Collegiate Team Championship Round-Robin Marriott, Grand Ballroom No fee Pre-qualification required.

Saturday, July 24, 2:30 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $15

Saturday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X and B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Marriott, Preservation Hall $15 $17 Saturday-Sunday Game Series 2nd single Marriott, Mardi Gras Ballroom $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $15 $15

Saturday, July 24, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

Caddy, please! ACBL Caddymaster Jackie Matthews (center) with some of the staff for the New Orleans NABC. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Steinberg.)